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A foul and pestilent congregation : images of 'freaks' in Baroque art / Barry Wind.
By: Wind, Barry
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BookPublisher: Aldershot, Hants, England : Brookfield, Vt., USA., Ashgate Publishing ; 1998Description: ix, 150 p : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 1859284264.Subject(s): Art, Baroque -- Themes, motives | Abnormalities, Human, in art | Grotesque in art | Human beings in artDDC classification: 709.032
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 709.032 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00053156 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Wind (art history, U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) examines depictions of human oddity, hunchbacks, cripples, and dwarfs in the work of Velbzquez, Rubens, Van Dyck, Ribera, and other artists of the 17th century. He traces the types of mental and physical infirmity from their origins in antiquity, and sho
Includes bibliographical references and index.