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The Riddle of Jael on Hardback by P. Scott Brown
The Riddle of Jael on Hardback by P. Scott Brown
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The Riddle of Jael

The History of a Poxied Heroine in Medieval and Renaissance Art and Culture
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Winner of the 2019 SECAC Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication In The Riddle of Jael, Peter Scott Brown offers the first history of the Biblical heroine Jael in medieval and Renaissance art. Jael, who betrayed and killed the tyrant Sisera in the Book of Judges by hammering a tent peg through his brain as he slept under her care, was a blessed murderess and an especially fertile moral paradox in the art of the early modern period. Jael’s representations offer insights into key religious, intellectual, and social developments in late medieval and early modern society. They reflect the influence on art of exegesis, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, humanism and moral philosophy, misogyny and the battle of the sexes, the emergence of syphilis, and the Renaissance ideal of the artist.

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Peter Scott Brown, Ph.D. (2004), Yale University, is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of North Florida. He has published numerous articles on text-image problems, Biblical women, and religious iconography in medieval and early modern art.
Release date Australia
March 6th, 2018
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Pages
358
ISBN-13
9789004364387
Product ID
27636212

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