Imagery of Violence Against the Female Body in Early Modern Catholic Europe

dc.contributor.advisorHo, Angela
dc.contributor.authorLloyd, Ashley
dc.creatorLloyd, Ashley
dc.date2020-12-04
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-28T01:04:54Z
dc.date.available2021-09-28T01:04:54Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the use of violence, particularly sexual violence, in imagery created for the two major patrons of the Early Modern period, the Catholic Church and the courts of Catholic Europe. Changes in theological practice, as well as the reality of violence surrounding the Counter Reformation, led to the Catholic Church using violent imagery of martyrs as tools for devotion, as well as a reinforcement of beliefs about virginity. Sovereigns utilized sexually violent mythological imagery as propaganda, identifying themselves as the abducting heroes and the abducted figures as their subjects. While these images were certainly erotic, they were not only so; instead, these were complex, multivalent images which reflected the values and ideals of their patrons.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/12076
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectBaroque
dc.subjectRubens
dc.subjectSexual violence
dc.subjectFemale virgin martyr saints
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectSanto Stefano Rotondo
dc.titleImagery of Violence Against the Female Body in Early Modern Catholic Europe
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.disciplineArt History
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelMaster's
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts in Art History

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