Picturing the Lame in Italian Art from Antiquity to the Modern Era - Livio Pestilli - Books - Taylor & Francis Ltd - 9780367200268 - May 23, 2019
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Picturing the Lame in Italian Art from Antiquity to the Modern Era 1st edition

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This study evinces that in opposition to classical artists, who manifested a lack of interest in the subject of lameness, their Early Christian counterparts depicted them, as images of the miraculous healing of the lame became a sign of acceptance and the promise of a more equitable existence in this life or the next.


182 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released May 23, 2019
ISBN13 9780367200268
Publishers Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pages 228
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 10 mm   ·   453 g
Language English  

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