The scandal of images
Subtitle: iconoclasm, eroticism, and painting in early Modern English drama
By: Marguerite A. Tassi.
Series: The Apple-Zimmerman series in early modern culture
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press; Susquehanna Univ Pr
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Selinsgrove [Pa.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Art.; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.; Art and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century.; Art and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century.; Iconoclasm in literature.; Painting in literature.; Erotic art -- England.; Sex in literature.; Painting, English.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-251) and index.
Table of contents: title: The power of images in early modern England : prejudices against and defenses of painting and playing; title: John Lyly's campaspe and the subtle eroticism of the Elizabethan miniature; title: Dramatic uses of portrait properties and face-painting in the boys' theater at St Paul's; title: Scandalous counterfeiting : iconophobia, poison, and painting in Arden of Faversham; title: "Stretch thine art" : painting passions, revenge, and the painters addition to the Spanish tragedy; title: Images lawful and beguiling : ambivalent responses to painting in Shakespeare's drama.