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  1. The witch as muse
    art, gender, and power in early modern Europe
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

    "Occult topics have long fascinated artists, and the subject of witches - their imagined bodies and fantastic rituals - was a popular one for painters and print-makers in early modern Europe. Focusing on several artists in depth. Linda C. Hults... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Bamberg
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    Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, Bibliothek
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Bibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek der LMU München
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    Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte

     

    "Occult topics have long fascinated artists, and the subject of witches - their imagined bodies and fantastic rituals - was a popular one for painters and print-makers in early modern Europe. Focusing on several artists in depth. Linda C. Hults probes the historical and theoretical contexts of their work to examine the ways witches were depicted and the motivations for those depictions." "While studying the work of such artists as Durer, Baldung, Jacques de Gheyn II, and Goya. Hults discerns patterns suggesting that the imagery of witchcraft served as both an expression of artistic license and as a tool of self-promotion for the artists."--BOOK JACKET.

     

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  2. The witch as muse
    art, gender, and power in early modern Europe
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

    "Occult topics have long fascinated artists, and the subject of witches - their imagined bodies and fantastic rituals - was a popular one for painters and print-makers in early modern Europe. Focusing on several artists in depth. Linda C. Hults... more

    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Stiftung Deutsches Historisches Museum, Bibliothek
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    "Occult topics have long fascinated artists, and the subject of witches - their imagined bodies and fantastic rituals - was a popular one for painters and print-makers in early modern Europe. Focusing on several artists in depth. Linda C. Hults probes the historical and theoretical contexts of their work to examine the ways witches were depicted and the motivations for those depictions." "While studying the work of such artists as Durer, Baldung, Jacques de Gheyn II, and Goya. Hults discerns patterns suggesting that the imagery of witchcraft served as both an expression of artistic license and as a tool of self-promotion for the artists."--BOOK JACKET.

     

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