Poussin's Women

Sex and Gender in the Artist's Works
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-94-6372-184-4
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 386 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1089 g

Reihe: Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700

Poussin’s Women: Sex and Gender in the Artist’s Works examines the paintings and drawings of the well-known seventeenth-century French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) from a gender studies perspective, focusing on a critical analysis of his representations of women. The book’s thematic chapters investigate Poussin’s women in their roles as predators, as lustful or the objects of lust, as lovers, killers, victims, heroines, or models of virtue. Poussin’s paintings reflect issues of gender within his social situation as he consciously or unconsciously articulated its conflicts and assumptions. A gender studies approach brings to light new critical insights that illuminate how the artist represented women, both positively and negatively, within the framework in his seventeenth-century culture. This book covers the artist’s works from Classical mythology, Roman history, Tasso, and the Bible. It serves as a good overview of Poussin as an artist, discussing the latest research and including new interpretations of his major works.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomas, Troy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Barock, Klassizismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Malerei: Gemälde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Zeichnung und Zeichnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Einzelne Künstler: Biographien, Monografien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Part I: Violence and Virtue in Poussin's Representations of Women

Part II: Poussin's Women-Cultural and Social Frames

Part III. Paintings and Drawings

1. Predators

2. The Lustful-Triumphant, Impulsive, Spying, Conquered

3. Lovers-Genuine, Controlling, Unrequited, Jealous

4. Killers, Transgressors

5. Victims I-Killed, Assaulted

6. Victims II-Voiceless, Deceived

7. Heroines, Great Ladies

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas, Troy
Troy Thomas is Associate Professor of Humanities and Art History at The Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg. His publications include a book, Caravaggio and the Creation of Modernity (2016), and two recent articles, "William Blake and Dead Man," Adaptation and "Poussin, Gombauld, and the Creation of Diana and Endymion," Art History.