Women and war in the visual arts of the Renaissance

Author

Hale, J. R.

Document type

Article (acte de congrès)

Language

English

Conference title

War, literature and the arts in sixteenth-century Europe

Author (monograph)

Mulryne, J. R. (Editor, Collective Author); Shewring, Margaret (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

War, literature and the arts in sixteenth-century Europe. 1989, p. 43-62, 12 ill.

Publisher

St. Martin's, New York (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Surveys the iconography of women and war, especially in Swiss and German prints; subjects include: the soldier's leave-taking and return; militant goddesses; Mars and Venus; prostitutes and other women accompanying armies; allegories of fortune, love and death; and expressions of the threat of venereal disease.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Prints and illustration
• Prints
• Germany
• Switzerland
• Art
• Renaissance
• 1400-1600
• War
• Women
• Fortune
• Love
• Death
• Soldiers
• Prostitutes
• Mars (god)
• Venus
• Armies
• Iconography
• Syphilis
• Allegory
• Gods

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Estampe et illustration
• Estampe
• Allemagne
• Suisse
• Art
• Renaissance
• 1400-1600
• Guerre
• Femmes
• Fortune
• Amour
• Mort
• Soldats
• Prostituées
• Mars (dieu)
• Vénus
• Armée
• Iconographie
• Syphilis
• Allégorie
• Dieux

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910401-00452810

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