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Looking at painting and sculpture from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, this work focuses on the symbolism of the female breast to open an interpretive view of Western European history.

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"A note of hope and a gesture toward a more erotic and mystical future." Church History "[A] slender, provocative volume... Miles has delivered a careful analysis that will prove essential and an enjoyable read." -- Preston Yancey Transpositions

Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: The Secularization of the Breast PART ONE: THE RELIGIOUS BREAST Chapter 2: The Virgin's One Bare Breast Chapter 3: Mary Magdalen's Penitent Breast PART TWO: THE SECULAR BREAST Chapter 4: The Anatomical Breast Chapter 5: The Pornographic Breast Afterword: A Complex Delight Select Bibliography List of Illustrations Index

A Complex Delight

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    A Hardback by Margaret R. Miles, Vanessa Lyon

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 07/01/2008
      ISBN13: 9780520253483, 978-0520253483
      ISBN10: 0520253485
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Looking at painting and sculpture from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, this work focuses on the symbolism of the female breast to open an interpretive view of Western European history.

      Trade Review
      "A note of hope and a gesture toward a more erotic and mystical future." Church History "[A] slender, provocative volume... Miles has delivered a careful analysis that will prove essential and an enjoyable read." -- Preston Yancey Transpositions

      Table of Contents
      Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: The Secularization of the Breast PART ONE: THE RELIGIOUS BREAST Chapter 2: The Virgin's One Bare Breast Chapter 3: Mary Magdalen's Penitent Breast PART TWO: THE SECULAR BREAST Chapter 4: The Anatomical Breast Chapter 5: The Pornographic Breast Afterword: A Complex Delight Select Bibliography List of Illustrations Index

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