The Early Modern Child in Art and History

by Matthew Knox Averett (Editor)

Overview

Childhood is not only a biological age, it is also a social construct. The essays in this collection range chronologically from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, and geographically across England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. They chart the depictions of children in various media including painting, sculpture and the graphic arts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032924977
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/14/2024
Series:	"The Body, Gender and Culture"
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Matthew Knox Averett

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

List of Contributors xi

List of Figures xv

Introduction: The Early Modern Child in Art and History Matthew Knox Averett 1

Part I Infants

1 Cradle and Grave: Commemorating Individual Victims of Infant Mortality Margaret Elizabeth Hadley 21

2 'Little Idols': Royal Children and the Infant Jesus in the Devotional Practice of Sor Margarita dela Cruz (1567-1633) Tanya J. Tiffany 35

Part II Children and Violence

3 E Riluttante Ragazzotti: Youths as Hesitant Participants in the Crucifixion Margaret Flansburg 49

4 'These Stories Are Not for Children': Misbehaving Children in 'World Upside Down' Prints and the Origins of Folk Tales Rachel L. Chantos 67

Part III Picturing Children and Childhood

5 Dynastic Identity in Renaissance Court Life: Dynastic Privilege in Portraits of Children Jasmin W. Cyril 83

6 'You Will Be a Man, my Son': Signs of Masculinity and Virility in Italian Renaissance Paintings of Boys Fabian Laconture 99

7 Dressing the Part: Picturing and Promoting the Early Modern Child Parme Giuntini 117

Part IV Great Expectations

8 Princely Portraits of Adolescence in the Habsburg Court of Philip II in the Mid-Sixteenth Century Lisa Tom 133

9 Titian's Clarissa Strozzi: The Infant as Ideal Bride Brian D. Steele 153

10 Uncle Urban Raises the Barberini Nephews: The Education and Expectations of Papal Nipote Matthew Knox Averett 171

Notes 185

Index 227