An exploration of the place of the erotic in Renaissance art and culture, focusing on a notorious set of images created by the young Italian master Giulio Romano. In the early 1520s, Giulio made 16 drawings of couples in various sexual positions. Known as "I modi" ("the positions"), the drawings were modelled on classical sources and themselves becam a model for erotica in early modern Europe. This text presents a comprehensive account of the origins, impact, and context of these drawings, discussing such issues as censorship, religious teachings about sex, and the influence of antique culture.
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"A fascinating case study in the uses and transmissions of images and in the multiple valences of the sexually represented body in the Renaissance." -- Leonard Barkan, New York University
Taking Positions gives us the era at its mostly engagingly bawdy. -- Ann Landi, ArtNews
Talvacchia has produced a marvelous book of potentially broad interest and import. . . . -- Sharon T. Strocchia, Journal of the History of Sexuality
Taking Positions gives us the era at its mostly engagingly bawdy. -- Ann Landi, ArtNews
Talvacchia has produced a marvelous book of potentially broad interest and import. . . . -- Sharon T. Strocchia, Journal of the History of Sexuality
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The picaresque story of these engravings includes some of the best-known artists and rogues of sixteenth-century Italy. Although little has been written about I modi, and certainly nothing of this scope. Talvacchia's many-sided approach to her material rises gloriously to the provocative subject.
(Ingrid D. Rowland, University of Chicago ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
(Ingrid D. Rowland, University of Chicago ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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