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The art of poverty: Irony and ideal in sixteenth-century beggar imagery
`The art of poverty` is the first book in English to analyse depictions of beggars in sixteenth-century European art. It develops a striking thesis, arguing that such images largely conformed to two paradoxical, though complimentary, traditions: the one ironising, the other idealising.
Book Details
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publish Date: Dec 1st, 2007
- Pages: 288
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.53in - 6.99in - 0.86in - 1.93lb
- EAN: 9780719075827
- Categories: • Movements - Renaissance• Poverty & Homelessness
About the Author
Nichols, Tom: - Tom Nichols is Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of Aberdeen.