Figuring faith and female power in the art of Rubens / J. Vanessa Lyon.

This book argues that the Baroque painter, propagandist, and diplomat, Peter Paul Rubens, was not only aware of rapidly shifting religious and cultural attitudes toward women, but actively engaged in shaping them. Today, Rubens's paintings continue to be used-and abused-to prescribe and proscri...

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Main Author: Lyon, J. Vanessa (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
Series:Visual and material culture, 1300-1700 ; 22.
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