Download or read book Abject Eroticism in Northern Renaissance Art written by Yvonne Owens and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of Illustrations -- Foreword by Joseph Leo Koerner -- Introduction: Baldung's Polluted Witches, Poison Maids, Basilisks and Crones -- 1. The Abject Erotic Feminine in Baldung -- 2. The World of Baldung's 1510 Witches' Sabbath -- 3. Baldung's 'Jewish' Witches -- 4. Baldung and the Witch Doctors -- 5. Blood, Visions, Witch Women and Saints -- 6. Baldung and the Morality of Vision -- 7. Classical Reception, Toxic Femininity and Hippomanes -- 8. Humanist Humour in Baldung -- 9. Erudite Obscenities and Pious Pornography -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Endnotes -- Index.