In this abundantly illustrated study, Gottler, investigates the relationship between art of the Early Modern period and the contemplation of the Last Things: death and the afterlife. She is particular
In 16 essays, historians and scholars of literature consider visual and literary representations of subtle bodies in this world and the other. They consider such examples as Jan Breughel's Poetic Hell
Peter Paul Rubens’s fascinating depiction of a man wearing Korean costume of around 1617, in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, has been considered noteworthy since it was made. Published to
