1st Edition
Giants and Dwarfs in European Art and Culture, ca. 1350-1750 Real, Imagined, Metaphorical
392 Pages
by
Routledge
392 Pages
by
Routledge
392 Pages
by
Routledge
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Not since Edward Wood’s Giants and Dwarfs published in 1868 has the subject been the focus of a scholarly study in English. Treating the topic afresh, this volume offers new insights into the vogue for giants and dwarfs that flourished in late-medieval and early modern Europe. From chapters dealing with the real dwarfs and giants in the royal and princely courts, to the imaginary giants and... Read more
List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Introduction: Giants and Dwarfs as Real, Imagined, and Metaphorical Entities, PART I NORTHERN CLIMES, PART II SPAIN AND ITALY, Index
Biography
Robin O’Bryan (PhD) is an Art Historian focusing on issues related to popular culture in Italian Renaissance art, especially dwarfs. Her published articles have appeared in journals and anthologies including Games and Game Playing in Early Modern Art and Literature which she also edited for Amsterdam University Press. Felicia M. Else is Professor of Art History at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. She has published on art, water, cartography, natural history, and festivals in 16th-century Florence and is the author of The Politics of Water in the Art and Festivals of Medici Florence: From Neptune Fountain to Naumachia.
