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The Creation of Eve and Renaissance Naturalism: Visual Theology and Artistic Invention
Jack M. Greenstein
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hardcover. This book traces how four early Renaissance masters represented the Creation of Eve. Num Pages: 350 pages, 56 b/w illus. 12 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1D; ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 177. .
Depicting the Creation of Woman presented a special problem for Renaissance artists. The medieval iconography of Eve rising half-formed from Adam's side was hardly compatible with their commitment to the naturalistic representation of the human figure. At the same time, the story of God constructing the first woman from a rib did not offer the kind of dignified, affective pictorial narrative that artists, patrons, and the public prized. Jack M. Greenstein takes this artistic problem as the point of departure for an iconographic study of this central theme of Christian culture. His book shows how the meaning changed along with ... Read more
Depicting the Creation of Woman presented a special problem for Renaissance artists. The medieval iconography of Eve rising half-formed from Adam's side was hardly compatible with their commitment to the naturalistic representation of the human figure. At the same time, the story of God constructing the first woman from a rib did not offer the kind of dignified, affective pictorial narrative that artists, patrons, and the public prized. Jack M. Greenstein takes this artistic problem as the point of departure for an iconographic study of this central theme of Christian culture. His book shows how the meaning changed along with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
870g
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107103245
SKU
V9781107103245
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99-12
About Jack M. Greenstein
Jack M. Greenstein is Professor and Chair of the Visual Arts Department at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Mantegna and Painting as Historical Narrative (1992), as well as many journal articles on Renaissance art.
Reviews for The Creation of Eve and Renaissance Naturalism: Visual Theology and Artistic Invention
'This is an original and insightful addition to our understanding of iconography, as sensitive to theology in specific historic contexts as it is to theories of art history and interpretation.' Chloe Reddaway, The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 'This is an original and insightful addition to our understanding of iconography, as sensitive to theology in specific historic contexts as it is ... Read more