The Creation of Eve and Renaissance Naturalism: Visual Theology and Artistic Invention

ISBN-13: 9781107103245 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 266 str.

Jack Greenstein

Opis

This book traces how four early Renaissance masters represented the Creation of Eve.

Recenzje

'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

Spis treści

Introduction: rethinking iconography; 1. 'In the beginning': Genesis cycles and the iconographies of the Creation of Eve; 2. The rib and the side: synthetic artistry at Orvieto Cathedral; 3. The body of Eve in Andrea Pisano's Creation relief for the campanile of Florence Cathedral; 4. A visual invention: the angels at Eve's Side in Lorenzo Ghiberti's Genesis panel; 5. Jacopo della Quercia's Creation of Eve and the dignity of woman.