The art of poverty: Irony and ideal in sixteenth-century beggar imagery by Nichols, Tom

The art of poverty: Irony and ideal in sixteenth-century beggar imagery (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780719075827)

Vendor: Tom Nichols
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Format: Hardcover
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The art of poverty: Irony and ideal in sixteenth-century beggar imagery by Nichols, Tom

The art of poverty: Irony and ideal in sixteenth-century beggar imagery

$130.00
The art of poverty: Irony and ideal in sixteenth-century beggar imagery by Nichols, Tom

The art of poverty: Irony and ideal in sixteenth-century beggar imagery

$130.00
Format: Hardcover
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The art of poverty is the first book in English to analyse depictions of beggars in sixteenth-century European art. It develops a striking thesis, arguing that such images largely conformed to two paradoxical, though complimentary, traditions: the one ironising, the other idealising.

Author: Tom Nichols
ISBN-10: 0719075823
ISBN-13: 9780719075827
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2007
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.93lbs
Size: 9.53h x 6.99w x 0.86d
By Tom Nichols
By Tom Nichols
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Tom Nichols is Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of Aberdeen

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