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Images of plague and pestilence : iconography and iconology / Christine M. Boeckl.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) N8243.S5 B63 2000
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LIBRA N8243.S5 B63 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boeckl, Christine M., 1933-
- Series:
- Sixteenth century essays & studies ; 53.
- Sixteenth century essays & studies ; 53
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plague in art.
- Plague in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Kirksville, Mo. : Truman State University Press, 2000.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Medical Aspects of Bubonic Plague and Yersinia pestis Infections 7
- Chapter 2. Literary Sources of Plague Iconography 33
- Chapter 3. Visual Sources of Plague Iconography 45
- Chapter 4. The Black Death and Its Immediate Aftermath (1347-1500) 69
- Chapter 5. The Sixteenth-Century Renaissance (1500-1600) 91
- Chapter 6. The Tridentine World: Plague Paintings as Implementations of Catholic Reforms (1600-1775) 107
- Chapter 7. Revival of Plague Themes and Modern Reverberations (1776-1990s) 137
- Chapter 8. Plague Imagery, Past and Future 154
- Appendix Plague Texts That Influenced Visual Art 160.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-202) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0943549728
- 094354985X
- OCLC:
- 44128018
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