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E-book: Portraits of Human Monsters in the Renaissance: Dwarves, Hirsutes, and Castrati as Idealized Anatomical Anomalies

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At the center of this interdisciplinary study are court monsters - dwarves, hirsutes, and misshapen individuals - who, by their very presence, altered Renaissance ethics vis-à-vis anatomical difference, social virtues, and scientific knowledge. The study traces how these monsters evolved from objects of curiosity, to scientific cases, to legally independent beings. The works examined here point to the intricate cultural, religious, ethical, and scientific perceptions of monstrous individuals who were fixtures in contemporary courts.

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"This lively and engaging study not only reveals and reconceptualizes portraits of human 'monsters,' but also, in so doing, rewrites the history of Renaissance portraiture. Ghadessi uses images of known, famous 'human monsters' - a dwarf, a hirsute woman, and a castrato - to highlight normative portraiture constructs, but also to reinvest their subjects with vibrant, vital humanity." - Asa Mittman, California State University, Chico

List of Plates
vii
List of Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1(8)
1 Difference as an Inquiry
9(32)
2 Renaissance Portrait and Intellectual Frame
41(12)
3 Perfected Miniatures: Dwarves at Court
53(46)
4 A Civilized Savage: The Hirsute's Conquest
99(34)
5 Audible Absence: The Castrato's Voice
133(34)
Epilogue 167(4)
Bibliography 171(22)
Index 193
Touba Ghadessi is Associate Professor of Art History at Wheaton College.
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