Portraits of Human Monsters in the Renaissance by Touba Ghadessi

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220 pages
9 x 6 inches

Monsters, Prodigies, and Demons: Medieval and Early Modern Constructions of Alterity

Medieval Institute Publications

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English

Hardback (March 2018)

ISBN-13 9781580442756
ISBN-10 1580442757

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ISBN-13 9781580442763
ISBN-10 1580442765

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Subjects:

Cultural Studies

Renaissance Studies

Portraits of Human Monsters in the Renaissance

Dwarves, Hirsutes, and Castrati as Idealized Anatomical Anomalies

by Touba Ghadessi

At the center of this interdisciplinary study are court monsters--dwarves, hirsutes, and misshapen individuals--who, by their very presence, altered Renaissance ethics vis-à-vis anatomical difference, social show more

about the author

Touba Ghadessi is Associate Professor of Art History at Wheaton College.

table of contents

Introduction
Difference as an Inquiry
Renaissance Portrait and Intellectual Frame
Perfected Miniatures - Dwarves at Court
A Civilized Savage - The Hirsute's Conquest
Audible Absence - The Castrato's Voice
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"This lively and engaging study not only reveals and reconceptualizes portraits of human 'monsters,' but also, in so doing, rewrites the history of Renaissance portraiture. Ghadessi uses images of known, show more

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