The Sexuality Of Christ In Renaissance Art And In Modern Oblivion
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Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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A landmark work of art history and cultural criticism, Leo Steinberg's The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion presents a bold and meticulously researched argument that Renaissance artists deliberately and theologically emphasized the genitalia of the Christ child and the adult Jesus — a pictorial tradition Steinberg terms the ostentatio genitalium. Drawing on hundreds of works spanning the 14th through 16th centuries, the text argues that this iconographic convention was not incidental but carried profound theological meaning, affirming the full humanity of the Incarnate Christ in accordance with orthodox Christian doctrine. Written with intellectual rigor and a provocative confidence that challenged the art historical establishment upon its initial publication, the work dismantles centuries of modern prudishness that had caused scholars to overlook or actively ignore this visual tradition. Steinberg's analysis is as much a critique of modern critical blindness as it is a recovery of Renaissance theological thought, making it an essential — and still controversial — text for anyone serious about the history of Western art and Christian iconography.
Author: Leo Steinberg
Format: Paperback
Published: 1983, A Pantheon/October Book, New York
Genre: History of arts
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark work of art history and cultural criticism, Leo Steinberg's The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion presents a bold and meticulously researched argument that Renaissance artists deliberately and theologically emphasized the genitalia of the Christ child and the adult Jesus — a pictorial tradition Steinberg terms the ostentatio genitalium. Drawing on hundreds of works spanning the 14th through 16th centuries, the text argues that this iconographic convention was not incidental but carried profound theological meaning, affirming the full humanity of the Incarnate Christ in accordance with orthodox Christian doctrine. Written with intellectual rigor and a provocative confidence that challenged the art historical establishment upon its initial publication, the work dismantles centuries of modern prudishness that had caused scholars to overlook or actively ignore this visual tradition. Steinberg's analysis is as much a critique of modern critical blindness as it is a recovery of Renaissance theological thought, making it an essential — and still controversial — text for anyone serious about the history of Western art and Christian iconography.