Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion
Heftet /
1997
/ Engelsk
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ISBN
9780226771878
Published
1997-01-01
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Weight
765 gr
Height
24 mm
Width
19 mm
Thickness
2 mm
Age
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
426
Author
Steinberg argues in this work that the artists regarded the deliberate exposure of Christ's genitalia as an affirmation of kinship with the human condition. Christ's lifelong virginity, understood as potency under check, and the first offer of blood in the circumcision, both required acknowledgment of the genital organ. More than exercises in realism, these unabashed images underscore the crucial theological import of the Incarnation.
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Steinberg argues in this work that the artists regarded the deliberate exposure of Christ's genitalia as an affirmation of kinship with the human condition.
Product details
ISBN
9780226771878
Published
1997-01-01
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Weight
765 gr
Height
24 mm
Width
19 mm
Thickness
2 mm
Age
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
426
Author