
Biblical Reception, 5
Biblical Women and the Arts
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- English
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Biblical Reception, 5
Biblical Women and the Arts
About this book
In this guest-edited issue of Biblical Reception, edited by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, contributors examine the reception of the bible in art. Most of the contributions focus on biblical women, or on encounters with women in the bible. The volume is roughly chronological in structure, beginning with two pieces on Eve, one of which compares representations of Eve with those of the Virgin Mary, the other which considers how Eve is presented in Islamic texts and images. Following a contribution on Esther and Sarah the volume moves on to consider New Testament texts, with notable focus on women at the peripheries of society (the woman with the hemorrhage in Mark's gospel and the woman of Samaria). Attention is also paid to representations of Mary Magdalene and of Judith and Salome. The volume concludes with a piece on apocalyptic imagery and the woman clothed with the sun of Revelation 12. Featuring over 50 high quality color images, this volume provides scholarship of the highest level on biblical art.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Abstracts
- List of Illustrations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- 1. Naked or Nurtured: The Breast of Eve, The Breast of Mary
- 2. Images of the First Woman: Eve in Islamic Fāl-Nāma Paintings
- 3. Beauty and its Beholders: Envisioning Sarah and Esther
- 4. Re-Visioning Women in Mark’s Gospel Through Art
- 5. How Salomé Fell for the Baptist, or John the Baptist as L’homme Fatal : Artistic Interpretations of a Biblical Narrative
- 6. Framing a Heroine: Judith’s Counterparts in Biblical Villains
- 7. Biblical Elegy and Quattrocento Marian Encomium: Marcantonio Sabellico’s Carmina De Beata Virgine Maria
- 8. Theatrical Reliquaries: Afterlives of St Mary Magdalene in Early Seventeenth-Century Florence
- 9. Guercino’s Christ and the Woman of Samaria in the Kimbell art Museum: The Evolution of Biblical Narrative and Visual Meaning
- 10. Picturing the Woman Clothed with the Sun (Revelation 12): Images of Apocalyptic Conflict, Piety and Strength