| Heaven and the Flesh: Imagery of Desire from the Renaissance to the Rococo Contributor(s): Hart, Clive (Author), Stevenson, Kay Gilliland (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521070945 ISBN-13: 9780521070942 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: The book studies the relationship between sexual desire and spiritual ascension in art and writing from Renaissance to Romanticism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Art |
| Dewey: 700 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.91 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Do the angels make love? Will the souls of ordinary people feel sexual pleasure in the next world? Heaven and the Flesh explores the relationship between sexual desire and spiritual ascension in art and writing from the High Renaissance to the birth of Romanticism. Clive Hart and Kay Stevenson analyze the work of little-known as well as canonical writers and artists, philosophers and theologians. This wide-ranging and well-illustrated survey offers new and sometimes surprising insights into material both familiar and unfamiliar. |