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The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion by Leo Steinberg (1996, Paperback, Revised) 
The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion by Leo Steinberg (1996, Paperback, Revised)

 
The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion by Leo Steinberg (1996, Paperback, Revised)

Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication Date: 1996-12-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0226771873
ISBN-13: 9780226771878
Product ID: EPID83423
Description: This revised edition is greatly expanded by the addition of new images, as well as some pointedly definitive responses to critical objects aroused by publication of the first edition. The author presses the original theological argument ...
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Synopsis
This revised edition is greatly expanded by the addition of new images, as well as some pointedly definitive responses to critical objects aroused by publication of the first edition. The author presses the original theological argument at greater depth in attempting to draw implications from the sexuality of Christ in Renaissance art.

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Publication Date:1996-12-01
Edition Description:Revised

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Height:9.8 in
Width:8.0 in
Thickness:1.0 in
Weight:38.4 oz

Publisher's Note
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.

The second edition of The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion -- doubled in size by the addition of a "Retrospect" -- expands the now classic original text in three directions. It brings in a host of confirming images; deepens the theological argument; and answers skeptical or scandalized critics who decried the book at its first publication. In its polemical parts, the book wrestles large issues, such as the validity of interpretations that come without supporting texts, or the modern plea that the maleness of Christ be tempered into androgyny. Along the way, the topics engaged range from Christ's human nature to Dr. Strangelove, from St. Augustine's dismal assessment of babyhood to the aesthetics of the U.S. Post Office. Written with verve and reverence, with theological sophistication and wit, this landmark book comes as a revelation.

Industry Reviews
"[Steinberg] has achieved something original, and offered unignorable explanations of a body of rather mystifying evidence..."
London Review of Books - Frank Kermode (04/03/1997)

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