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The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion Paperback - 1997

by Leo Steinberg


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Originally published in 1983, Leo Steinberg's classic work has changed the viewing habits of a generation. After centuries of repression and censorship, the sexual component in thousands of revered icons of Christ is restored to visibility. Steinberg's evidence resides in the imagery of the overtly sexed Christ, in Infancy and again after death. Steinberg argues that the artists regarded the deliberate exposure of Christ's genitalia as an affirmation of kinship with the human condition. Christ's lifelong virginity, understood as potency under check, and the first offer of blood in the circumcision, both required acknowledgment of the genital organ. More than exercises in realism, these unabashed images underscore the crucial theological import of the Incarnation. This revised and greatly expanded edition not only adduces new visual evidence, but deepens the theological argument and engages the controversy aroused by the book's first publication.

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  • Title The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion
  • Author Leo Steinberg
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 2nd
  • Pages 426
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • Date 1997-01-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780226771878 / 0226771873
  • Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 7.7 x 1 in (23.62 x 19.56 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Art, Modern, Art, Renaissance
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96003933
  • Dewey Decimal Code 704.948
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