Poussin's Women: Sex and Gender in the Artist's Works

Troy Thomas

doi:10.1017/9789048552382

Poussin's Women

Sex and Gender in the Artist's Works

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Troy Thomas

Publisher:: Amsterdam University Press
Online publication date:: November 2020
Print publication year:: 2020
Online ISBN:: 9789048552382
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048552382

Subjects:: Art: General Interest, Art

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Poussin's Women: Sex and Gender in the Artist's Works examines the paintings and drawings of the well-known seventeenth-century French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) from a gender studies perspective, focusing on a critical analysis of his representations of women. The book's thematic chapters investigate Poussin's women in their roles as predators, as lustful or the objects of lust, as lovers, killers, victims, heroines, or models of virtue. Poussin's paintings reflect issues of gender within his social situation as he consciously or unconsciously articulated its conflicts and assumptions. A gender studies approach brings to light new critical insights that illuminate how the artist represented women, both positively and negatively, within the framework in his seventeenth-century culture. This book covers the artist's works from Classical mythology, Roman history, Tasso, and the Bible. It serves as a good overview of Poussin as an artist, discussing the latest research and including new interpretations of his major works.

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Sex and Gender in the Artist's Works

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Contents
pp 5-10

List of Illustrations
pp 11-20

Acknowledgments
pp 21-22

Part I - – Violence and Virtue in Poussin’s Representations of Women
pp 23-52

Part II - – Poussin’s Women—Cultural and Social Frames
pp 53-92

Part III - – Paintings and Drawings
pp 93-94

1 - Predators
pp 95-122

2 - The Lustful—Triumphant, Impulsive, Spying, Conquered
pp 123-170

3 - Lovers—Genuine, Controlling, Unrequited, Jealous
pp 171-204

4 - Killers, Transgressors
pp 205-226

5 - Victims I—Killed, Assaulted
pp 227-270

6 - Victims II—Voiceless, Deceived
pp 271-300

7 - Heroines, Great Ladies
pp 301-340

Conclusion
pp 341-354

Bibliography
pp 355-370

Index
pp 371-385

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