Sebald Beham's Fountain of youth-bathhouse woodcut : popular entertainment and large prints by the Little Masters

Author

Stewart, Alison

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Register of the Spencer Museum of Art. 1989, Num. 6, Vol. 6, 64-88, 20 ill.

ISSN

0733-866X

Abstract (en)

Observes that the woodcut of ca.1531 amused and titillated its audience by stressing sexual acts and bodily functions, by recording contemporary customs, objects and popular expressions, by quoting from learned texts and prints, and by adding a moralizing note to the amusements represented. Argues that Beham's print was well suited to decorate the walls of centers of socializing and entertainment in Nuremberg.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Prints and illustration -- Germany
• Beham, Hans Sebald, 1500-1550
• Prints
• Fountain of Youth
• Woodcuts
• Germany
• Fountain of youth
• Baths
• Iconography
• Erotic art
• Morality
• Popular culture
• Humor
• Public art

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Estampe et illustration -- Allemagne
• Estampe
• Fontaine de Jouvence
• Gravure sur bois
• Allemagne
• Fontaine de jouvence
• Bains
• Iconographie
• Erotique (art)
• Morale
• Culture populaire
• Humour
• Art public

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00416402

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