Bodies and Maps: Early Modern Personifications of the Continents

By Louise Arizzoli and Maryanne Cline Horowitz

An exploration of the ways early modern European artists have visualized continents through the female (sometimes male) body to express their perceptions of newly encountered peoples. Often stereotypical, these personifications are however more complex than what they seem.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004387900
• ISBN13: 9789004387904
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"