Bodies and Maps: Early Modern Personifications of the Continents

Bodies and Maps: Early Modern Personifications of the Continents
ISBN-10
9004438033
ISBN-13
9789004438033
Category
History
Pages
436
Language
English
Published
2020-12-15
Publisher
BRILL
Authors
Maryanne Cline Horowitz, Louise Arizzoli

Description

An exploration of the ways early modern European artists have visualized continents through the female (sometimes male) body to express their perceptions of newly encountered peoples. Often stereotypical, these personifications are however more complex than what they seem.

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