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Condition
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ISBN-13
9781872501093
Type
Does not apply
ISBN
9781872501093
Publication Year
2002
Format
Book, Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
Humour and Folly in Secular and Profane Prints
Author
Christa Grossinger
Item Length
1.1in
Publisher
Miller Publishers, Harvey
Genre
Art, Humor
Topic
Topic / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Form / Pictorial, Prints, History / Renaissance
Item Width
0.8in
Item Weight
44.1 Oz
Number of Pages
241 Pages

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This book highlights the importance of secular and profane prints for the reconstruction and understanding of themes popular in the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, and examines their function as patterns for the other arts, and as sources for moral teaching and entertainment. As successors to the marginal illuminations of medieval manuscripts these prints represent the 'low' arts, and as such have licence for subversion and comedy. They are lower both in medium and subject matter than paintings, concentrating on foolish and sinful behaviour, on world-upside-down situations and on base human passions, all to be discussed as a mirror of human folly and depravity. Indeed, some images cross the barriers of decency, resulting in scatological and grotesque representations. The medieval Church was much exercised by the sin of lust, and women since the Fall were seen as temptresses incarnate, represented on prints as subjugating men, deceiving them and, generally, making fools of them. Peasants, equally lecherous but stupid are depicted carousing at Peasant Festivals, rather than working. Other popular themes are of Wild People, who live in harmony with nature, and protect the procreation of human families, and outcasts, such as beggars, cripples and quacks. Prints also illustrate the historical concerns of the period, such as the Peasants' War in Germany, and the wars in Italy, represented by images of vain soldiers and death. Overall, the picture gained from secular and profane prints is one of humanity abandoning itself to the sins of the flesh and, therefore, folly; real life is in details only, to serve in the interest of a satirical, yet convincing, illustration of the world, often with a didactic aim.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Miller Publishers, Harvey
ISBN-10
1872501095
ISBN-13
9781872501093
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2467493

Product Key Features

Book Title
Humour and Folly in Secular and Profane Prints
Author
Christa Grossinger
Format
Book, Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Topic / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Form / Pictorial, Prints, History / Renaissance
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Art, Humor
Number of Pages
241 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
1.1in
Item Width
0.8in
Item Weight
44.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Series Volume Number
35
Lc Classification Number
Ne662.6.G76 2002
Copyright Date
2002
Target Audience
College Audience
Lccn
2002-483841
Dewey Decimal
769.9/48/09024
Series
Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History Ser.
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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