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Giants and Dwarfs in European Art and Culture, ca. 1350-1750 : Real, Imagined, Metaphorical / ed. by Felicia Else, Robin O'Bryan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Monsters and Marvels. Alterity in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds ; 3Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2024]Copyright date: 2024Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)Content type:
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  • 9789048554041
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.4 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction : Giants and Dwarfs as Real, Imagined, and Metaphorical Entities -- Part I Northern Climes -- 1. Out of Scale: Naming and Identity of Late Medieval Giants -- 2. St. Christopher the Giant : Imagining the Sublime in Fifteenth-Century South Tyrol -- 3. Giants as Primordial Ancestors in Sixteenth-Century Art and Poetry -- 4. A Champion large of portratour: Robert the Bruce as “Giant” in Anti- Tudor Propaganda -- 5. Giants and Dwarfs in the Tyrolean Courts : Documents, Portraits, and the Kunst- und Wunderkammer at Schloss Ambras -- 6. A Model Christian and “Child of God” : A German Court Dwarf and His Funeral Sermon -- Part II Spain and Italy -- 7. Ordinary Marvels: The Case of Dwarf Attendants in Habsburg Spain -- 8. A Ducal Dwarf, Military Prowess , and a Portrait in the Farnese Dynastic Collection -- 9. Per mano della Maria Nana: A Female Dwarf in the Retinue of Eleonora di Toledo -- 10. Dwarfs and Giants in Early Modern Caricature -- 11. “Biancone”: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Rise of a Popular Nickname -- Index
Summary: Not since Edward Wood’s Giants and Dwarfs published in 1868 has the subject been the focus of a scholarly study in English. Treating the topic afresh, this volume offers new insights into the vogue for giants and dwarfs that flourished in late-medieval and early modern Europe. From chapters dealing with the real dwarfs and giants in the royal and princely courts, to the imaginary giants and dwarfs that figured in the crafting of nationalistic and ancestral traditions, to giants and dwarfs used as metaphorical expression, scholars discuss their role in art, literature, and ephemeral display. Some essays examine giants and dwarfs as monsters and marvels and collectibles, while others show artists and writers emphasizing contrasts in scale to inspire awe or for comic effect. As these investigations reveal, not all court dwarfs functioned as jesters, and giant figures might equally be used to represent heroes, anti-heroes, and even a saint.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction : Giants and Dwarfs as Real, Imagined, and Metaphorical Entities -- Part I Northern Climes -- 1. Out of Scale: Naming and Identity of Late Medieval Giants -- 2. St. Christopher the Giant : Imagining the Sublime in Fifteenth-Century South Tyrol -- 3. Giants as Primordial Ancestors in Sixteenth-Century Art and Poetry -- 4. A Champion large of portratour: Robert the Bruce as “Giant” in Anti- Tudor Propaganda -- 5. Giants and Dwarfs in the Tyrolean Courts : Documents, Portraits, and the Kunst- und Wunderkammer at Schloss Ambras -- 6. A Model Christian and “Child of God” : A German Court Dwarf and His Funeral Sermon -- Part II Spain and Italy -- 7. Ordinary Marvels: The Case of Dwarf Attendants in Habsburg Spain -- 8. A Ducal Dwarf, Military Prowess , and a Portrait in the Farnese Dynastic Collection -- 9. Per mano della Maria Nana: A Female Dwarf in the Retinue of Eleonora di Toledo -- 10. Dwarfs and Giants in Early Modern Caricature -- 11. “Biancone”: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Rise of a Popular Nickname -- Index

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Not since Edward Wood’s Giants and Dwarfs published in 1868 has the subject been the focus of a scholarly study in English. Treating the topic afresh, this volume offers new insights into the vogue for giants and dwarfs that flourished in late-medieval and early modern Europe. From chapters dealing with the real dwarfs and giants in the royal and princely courts, to the imaginary giants and dwarfs that figured in the crafting of nationalistic and ancestral traditions, to giants and dwarfs used as metaphorical expression, scholars discuss their role in art, literature, and ephemeral display. Some essays examine giants and dwarfs as monsters and marvels and collectibles, while others show artists and writers emphasizing contrasts in scale to inspire awe or for comic effect. As these investigations reveal, not all court dwarfs functioned as jesters, and giant figures might equally be used to represent heroes, anti-heroes, and even a saint.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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