Monstrous Births and Visual Culture in Sixteenth-Century Germany

Monstrous Births and Visual Culture in Sixteenth-Century Germany
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Total Pages : 275
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ISBN-13 : 9781317316145
ISBN-10 : 1317316142
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Download or read book Monstrous Births and Visual Culture in Sixteenth-Century Germany written by Jennifer Spinks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an exmination of printed representations of monstrous births in German-speaking Europe from the end of the fifteenth century and through the sixteenth century, beginning with a seminal series of broadsheets from the late 1490s by humanist Sebastian Brant, and including prints by Albrecht Durer and Hans Burgkmair.


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