Ecce homo
Subtitle: the male-body-in-pain as redemptive figure
By: Kent Brintnall
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780226074696; 9780226074702
Subjects: Violence in art; Sex in art; Masculinity in art; Redemption in art; Suffering in art
Description: Drawing on perspectives from a range of disciplinesa including religious studies, gender and queer studies, psychoanalysis, art history, and film theory, 'Ecce Homo' explores the complex ambiguous meanings of the enduring figure of the male-body-in-pain.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Suffering/triumph; title: Masochism/masculinity; title: Content/form; title: Crucifixion/representation.