| Description |
xxvi, 374 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Praeger, 2002. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Love, Death and Biscuits -- Magical Metal, Silly Saints and Risible Relics: the Art and Artefacts of Popular Religion -- Licked into Shape: Animal Symbolism -- Why Englishmen Have Tails: Race, Nationality and Monstrosity -- Signs of Infamy: the Iconography of Humiliation and Insult -- The Fool and the Attributes of Folly -- Shoeing the Goose: Proverbs and Proverbial Follies -- Nonsense, Pure and Applied -- Narratives - Heroic and Not So Heroic -- Hearts and Flowers and Parrots: the Iconography of Love -- Who Wears the Trousers: Gender Relations -- Wicked Willies with Wings: Sex and Sexuality -- Tailpiece: the Uses of Scatology -- Conclusion. |
| Subject |
Art, Medieval -- England -- Themes, motives.
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Civilization, Secular, in art.
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| ISBN |
0275979806 |
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