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Book SynopsisThe Witch as Muse is an interdisciplinary study of varied contexts and discourses that intersect in early modern artists' representations of witchcraft.
Trade Review"
The Witch as Muse . . . is not simply an art history book with an intriguing theme; it is an exceptionally well-written monograph produced by an art historian who has spent over a decade thinking about her subject." *
The Medieval Review *
"The most significant and broad-reaching study we have on the place of the witch in the imagination of artists from the early sixteenth to the early nineteenth centuries. . . . Learned, sophisticated, and compelling." *
CAA Reviews *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Preface
Chapter 1. The Witch as Woman
Chapter 2. The Witch as Muse
Chapter 3. Inventing the Witch in the European Heartland: Dürer and Baldung
Chapter 4. Francken, the Rhetoric of Habsburg Power, and Artistic Invention in Antwerp
Chapter 5. The Art of Describing Delusion: De Gheyn and the Dutch Variant
Chapter 6. Rosa: Witchcraft and the Fiery Painter
Chapter 7. Between Enlightenment and Horror: Goya's Reinvention of the Witch
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
