Images of older people in Western art and society

Author

Covey, Herbert C.

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

41 ill.; bibliogr. ref.; index ; xvi, 194 p. ; 1991

ISBN

0-275-93435-7

Publisher

Praeger, New York (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Book written to increase our consciousness of images of older people in Western history, and to fuel future inquiry on the topic. Draws on art, literature and historical information from the late Middle Ages through the 19th c. Includes chapters on the Ages of Life genre; symbolic images of older people; images of older people and the family; older people and sexual images; and images of older people and death.

Subject (en)

• General works -- Iconography
• Art
• 1200-1900
• Iconography
• Old age
• Ages of man
• Family
• Sexuality
• Death

Subject (fr)

• Généralités -- Iconographie
• Art
• 1200-1900
• Iconographie
• Vieillesse
• Ages de l'homme
• Famille
• Sexualité
• Mort

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940701-00343479

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