Renaissance bodies
Subtitle: the human figure in English culture, c. 1540-1660
By: edited by Lucy Gent and Nigel Llewellyn.
Contributors: Gent, Lucy.; Llewellyn, Nigel, 1951-
Series: Critical views
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- England; Human figure in art; Arts, Renaissance -- England; Arts, English; Arts and society -- England
Description: Renaissance Bodies is a unique collection of views on the ways in which the human image has been represented in the arts and literature of English Renaissance society. The subjects discussed range from high art to popular culture ? from portraits of Elizabeth I to polemical prints mocking religious fanaticism ? and include miniatures, manners, anatomy, drama and architectural patronage. The authors, art historians and literary critics, reflect diverse critical viewpoints, and the 78 illustrations present a fascinating exhibition of the often strange and haunting images of the period. With essays by John Peacock, Elizabeth Honig, Andrew and Catherine Belsey, Jonathan Sawday, Susan Wiseman, Ellen Chirelstein, Tamsyn Williams, Anna Bryson, Maurice Howard and Nigel Llewellyn.

"The whole book ... presents a mirror of contemporary concerns with power, the merits and demerits of individualism, sex-roles, 'selves', the meaning of community and (even) conspicuous consumption."? The Observer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-286) and index.