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In and Out of the Marital Bed: Seeing Sex in Renaissance Europe

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This book explores images whose sexual content has all too often been either ignored or denied. Each chapter is devoted to a place that artists associated with sexual activity or desire: the bed, the dressing area of the home, the window and doorway, the bath, and the street. By examining both canonical works, such as Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait and Petrus Christus’ Goldsmith’s Shop and long-neglected objects, such as combs, badges, and bathhouse murals, and by investigating a wide range of sexualities—same-sex desire, adultery, marriage, courtship, and prostitution—Wolfthal demonstrates how illicit forms of sexuality were linked to the “chaste sexuality” of marriage.

Language: English

Pages: 224

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Yale University Press

Release: July 20, 2010

ISBN: 0300141548

ISBN 13: 9780300141542

In and Out of the Marital Bed: Seeing Sex in Renaissance Europe

3.9/5 ( ratings)

This book explores images whose sexual content has all too often been either ignored or denied. Each chapter is devoted to a place that artists associated with sexual activity or desire: the bed, the dressing area of the home, the window and doorway, the bath, and the street. By examining both canonical works, such as Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait and Petrus Christus’ Goldsmith’s Shop and long-neglected objects, such as combs, badges, and bathhouse murals, and by investigating a wide range of sexualities—same-sex desire, adultery, marriage, courtship, and prostitution—Wolfthal demonstrates how illicit forms of sexuality were linked to the “chaste sexuality” of marriage.

Language: English

Pages: 224

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Yale University Press

Release: July 20, 2010

ISBN: 0300141548

ISBN 13: 9780300141542

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