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035 _a(DE-B1597)9789048555505
035 _a(DE-B1597)669836
035 _a(OCoLC)1396181584
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082 0 4 _a704.9/47
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aKhalifa-Gueta, Sharon
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Woman and the Dragon in Premodern Art /
_cSharon Khalifa-Gueta.
264 1 _aAmsterdam :
_bAmsterdam University Press,
_c[2023]
264 4 _c©2023
300 _a1 online resource (334 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tTable of Contents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIntroduction --
_t1. The Dragon --
_t2. The Cave and the Womb: The Myth of Cadmus and the Myth of Apollo and Python --
_t3. Eligible Wives and Monstrous Women: Andromeda and Medusa --
_t4. Medea – The Holy Woman and the Witch --
_t5. Eve and Lilith – Christianizing the Great Goddess and the Dragon --
_t6. Saint Margaret – Taming the Dragon --
_tConclusion --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aThe motif of the woman and the dragon has been prevalent in Western art since antiquity, yet has hitherto remained understudied, and artworks featuring this motif in Western Mediterranean cultures have been examined primarily in relation to the topos of the male dragon-slayer. This book analyzes artistic images of women and dragons over an extensive period, from Classical Greece and Rome (with forays to Egypt and Mesopotamia) to the early modern period in Western Europe. The unique methodology employed in the study of this motif reveals its sacred core, as well as its relationship to rituals of fertility and oracular knowledge, to the liminal realm between life and death, and to the symbolism of Great Mother goddesses. At the same time, the images explored throughout expose stereotypes and biases against women in unusual positions of power, which were embedded in the motif and persisted in Western European art.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Jun 2024)
650 0 _aDragons in art.
650 0 _aWomen in art.
650 4 _aArt and Material Culture.
650 4 _aDiachronic.
650 4 _aGender and Sexuality Studies.
650 4 _aHistory, Art History, and Archaeology.
650 7 _aART / History / Ancient & Classical.
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653 _aWomen, Dragon, Art, Witch, Sacred.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9789048555505?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048555505
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