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OverviewWinner of the 2019 SECAC Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication In The Riddle of Jael, Peter Scott Brown offers the first history of the Biblical heroine Jael in medieval and Renaissance art. Jael, who betrayed and killed the tyrant Sisera in the Book of Judges by hammering a tent peg through his brain as he slept under her care, was a blessed murderess and an especially fertile moral paradox in the art of the early modern period. Jael’s representations offer insights into key religious, intellectual, and social developments in late medieval and early modern society. They reflect the influence on art of exegesis, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, humanism and moral philosophy, misogyny and the battle of the sexes, the emergence of syphilis, and the Renaissance ideal of the artist. Full Product DetailsAuthor: P. Scott BrownPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 278/25 Weight: 0.823kg ISBN: 9789004364387ISBN 10: 9004364382 Pages: 358 Publication Date: 06 March 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction PART 1 The Riddle of Jael 1 Jael under Erasure 2 Jael in Medieval and Early Modern Art and Thought PART 2 Transformations of Jael (1400–1550) 3 Jan van Eyck and the Early Modern Re-imagination of Jael 4 Albrecht Altdorfer’s Jael, the Power of Women, and Syphilis in Sixteenth-Century Print 5 Lambert Lombard’s Jael, Poxied Penitents, and Northern Humanism PART 3 Jael among the Haarlem Humanists (1550–1600) 6 Maarten van Heemskerck and Dirck Coornhert’s Power of Women: A Pasquinade on the Perfectibility of the Imperfect Soul 7 Maarten van Heemskerck and Hendrick Goltzius on Jael’s Nail and the Artist’s Hand 8 Philips Galle and Hadrianus Junius’ Jael: A Biblical Circe and Her Eloquent Riddle Epilogue Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationPeter Scott Brown, Ph.D. (2004), Yale University, is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of North Florida. He has published numerous articles on text-image problems, Biblical women, and religious iconography in medieval and early modern art. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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