A Complex Delight: The Secularization of the Breast, 1350-1750

by Margaret R. Miles

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Looking at painting and sculpture from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, this provocative work focuses on the symbolism of the female breast to open a dazzling interpretive view of Western European history over four centuries. Margaret R. Miles finds that while in 1350 the Virgin's bare breast represented nourishment and loving care--God's provision for the Christian--by 1750, artistic representations of the breast were either erotic...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0520253485

ISBN13:9780520253483

Release Date:January 2008

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:196 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Art Arts, Music & Photography Religion Religion & Spirituality Social Science Social Sciences

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A Complex Delight: The Secularization of the Breast, 1350-1750

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