Before Bruegel

Before Bruegel

Sebald Beham and the Origins of Peasant Festival Imagery

Stewart, Professor Alison G.

Taylor & Francis Ltd

07/2008

382

Dura

Inglês

9780754633082

15 a 20 dias

Peasant festival imagery began in sixteenth-century Nuremberg, when the city played host to a series of religious and secular festivals. This work takes a look at these images and explores them within their historical and cultural contexts, including the introduction of the Lutheran Reformation into the town's institutions.
Contents: Preface; Introduction; The beginning of peasant festival imagery: Sebald Beham and the reform of festivals in Nuremberg; Secular celebration and reform: The Large Kermis; Reading kermis: kermis prints with text; Sizing up at kermis: the Nose Dance; Celebrating and reforming marriage: the Peasant Wedding Celebration; Celebrating and reforming gender: the Spinning Bee; Distributing prints: woodcuts and their audience; Establishing a market for peasant festival imagery: from Beham to Bruegel; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
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