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The ugly duchess : beauty & satire in the Renaissance
Quinten Massys' An Old Woman ('The Ugly Duchess') is one of the Renaissance's most famous faces. In a fresh review of the iconic image, this book unveils the painting's original context: its status as a pioneering work of satirical art, its debt to Leonardo da Vinci's g...
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| Document Type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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: National Gallery Global
, 2023
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| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Author Notes: | Emma Capron ; contributions by Martin Clayton, Charlotte Wytema |
| Summary: | Quinten Massys' An Old Woman ('The Ugly Duchess') is one of the Renaissance's most famous faces. In a fresh review of the iconic image, this book unveils the painting's original context: its status as a pioneering work of satirical art, its debt to Leonardo da Vinci's grotesque drawings, and what it tells us about the period's complex attitudes towards women, age and normative beauty. The painting and its partner, An Old Man, are parodic portraits that mock the supposed lust and vanity of older women. Yet a closer look also reveals a figure defiantly flouting conventions and a painter subverting artistic expectations. The publication traces the eventful afterlife and enduring power of this seminal image: how she gained her nickname 'The Ugly Duchess' and inspired John Tenniel's much-loved illustrations of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), capturing the imagination of generations of readers. Exhibition: National Gallery, London, UK (16.03.2023-11.06.2023) |
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| Item Description: | Titelblattrückseite: Published to accompany the exhibition "The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance", The National Gallery, London, 16 March-11 June 2023 |
| Physical Description: | 80 Seiten Illustrationen 27 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781857096941 |
