James M. Saslow Pictures and passions

a history of homosexuality in the visual arts

Geschiedenis van het thema homoseksualiteit in de beeldende kunst.

Non-fictie

Engels | 342 pagina's | Viking, New York [etc.] | 1999

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James M. Saslow Ganymede in the Renaissance

homosexuality in art and society

According to classical mythology, the beautiful Trojan boy Ganymede was abducted by Jupiter to serve as his cupbearer and beloved. In Italian art and literature from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries, Ganymede became a popular metaphor for emotional and sexual relations between men and youths. This book examines images of Ganymede created by famous artists of the period and integrates them with contemporary literary texts, social accounts, and legal documents to reflect not only the complex...

Engels | 265 pagina's | Yale University Press, New Haven [etc.] | 1986

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