Images of Rape
Subtitle: The 'Heroic' Tradition and its Alternatives
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 23, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780521794428
Subjects: History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Iconography, subjects depicted in art; General; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Criticism; History - General; Violence in Society; Art / General; Rape in art
First sentence: To most art historians the word "rape"brings to mind Poussin's Rape of the Sabines, Titian's Rape of Europa, or some such depiction in which the assailant is a Greek or Roman god or hero (Figs. 1 and 13).