The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance

by Emma Capron

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Quinten Massys' An Old Woman ('The Ugly Duchess') is one of the Renaissance's most famous faces. In a fresh review of the iconic image, this book unveils the painting's original context: its status as a pioneering work of satirical art, its debt to Leonardo da Vinci's grotesque drawings, and what it tells us about the period's complex attitudes towards women, age and normative beauty.

The painting and its partner, An Old Man,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1857096940

ISBN13:9781857096941

Release Date:May 2023

Publisher:National Gallery London

Length:80 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 8.8" x 10.4"

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