Ugly duchess, the: beauty and satire in the renaissance
Auteur :
Capron, Emma
Éditeur :
National Gallery Company Ltd
ISBN :
9781857096941
Date de publication :
14 mars 2023
Dimensions :
26,7 x 22,9 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Quinten Massys’ An Old Woman (‘The Ugly Duchess’) is one of the Renaissance’s most famous faces. In a fresh review of the image, this book unveils the painting’s original context: its status as a pioneering work of satirical art, its debt to da Vinci’s grotesque drawings, and what it tells us about attitudes towards women, age and beauty.