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Gendered Allegories of Power and Warfare: Warrior Women as Personifications in Early Modern Art

Elisa Stafferini    The Warburg Institute, UK    

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geographical personifications during the early modern period, focusing on sixteenth-century Italian painting. It analyses, through case studies, the ancient origin of these predominantly feminine allegories, the circumstances in which they appeared in painting and the role played by warfare in their proliferation. Additionally, the study delves into the gender dynamics at play, emphasizing how the visual portrayal of cities, countries, and republics as women, metaphorically positioned them as mothers, lovers, wives, or maidens within rhetorical discourses and propagandistic imagery.

Pubblicato
22 Dicembre 2023
Accettato
30 Ottobre 2023
Presentato
17 Settembre 2023
Lingua
EN
ISBN (EBOOK)
978-88-6969-771-5

Keywords: IconographyGendered bodiesSixteenth-century Italian artAllegoryPoliticsWarfareGeographical personifications

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