Ugly woman
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| - | [[Image:Matsys Ugly Duchess.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Ugly Duchess]]'' by [[Matsys]]]] | + | [[Image:Matsys Ugly Duchess.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Ugly Duchess]]'' by Quentin Matsys]] |
| - | [[Image:Salvator Rosa The Witch.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[The Witch]]'' by [[Salvator Rosa]], [[1640]] - [[1649]]]] | + | |
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| - | The [[ugly]] [[woman]] is a surprisingly [[common figure]] in Italian poetry, one that has been frequently appropriated by male poetic imagination to depict moral, aesthetic, social, and racial boundaries. | + | The [[ugly]] [[woman]] is a surprisingly [[common figure]] in [[Italian poetry]], one that has been frequently appropriated by male poetic imagination to depict moral, aesthetic, social, and racial boundaries. |
| + | ==Examples== | ||
| + | *''[[The Ugly Duchess]]'' by Quentin Matsys | ||
| + | *''[[The Witch (Salvator Rosa)]]'' (1640 - 1649) by Salvator Rosa | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| *[[Blazon of the Ugly Tit]] | *[[Blazon of the Ugly Tit]] | ||
| *"[[Ugly Woman]]", a popular calypso song | *"[[Ugly Woman]]", a popular calypso song | ||
| + | *[[Loathly lady]] | ||
| + | *[[Old woman]] | ||
| *[[Abjection]] | *[[Abjection]] | ||
| - | + | *[[At night there is no such thing as an ugly woman]] | |
| + | *[[Ugly man]] | ||
| == Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
| <gallery caption="Sample gallery" widths="100px" heights="100px" perrow="3"> | <gallery caption="Sample gallery" widths="100px" heights="100px" perrow="3"> | ||
| Image:Matsys Ugly Duchess.jpg | Image:Matsys Ugly Duchess.jpg | ||
| - | Image:Salvator Rosa The Witch.jpg | + | Image:Grotesque_head_by_Da_Vinci.jpg |
| - | Image:Old woman with purse 1507.jpg | + | |
| </gallery> | </gallery> | ||
| == References == | == References == | ||
| *''[[The Ugly Woman|The Ugly Woman: Transgressive Aesthetic Models in Italian Poetry from the Middle Ages to the Baroque]]''( 2005) by Patrizia Bettella | *''[[The Ugly Woman|The Ugly Woman: Transgressive Aesthetic Models in Italian Poetry from the Middle Ages to the Baroque]]''( 2005) by Patrizia Bettella | ||
| - | *''[[On_Ugliness#The_Ugliness_of_Woman_from_Antiquity_to_the_Baroque_Period|On Ugliness]]'' (2007) by [[Umberto Eco]]. | + | *''[[On_Ugliness#The_Ugliness_of_Woman_from_Antiquity_to_the_Baroque_Period|On Ugliness]]'' (2007) by Umberto Eco. |
| - | *''The Female [[Grotesque]]: Risk, Excess and Modernity'' (1994) - [[Mary J. Russo]] | + | |
| - | *[[Horror and the Monstrous Feminine]] by [[Barbara Creed]]. | + | |
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The ugly woman is a surprisingly common figure in Italian poetry, one that has been frequently appropriated by male poetic imagination to depict moral, aesthetic, social, and racial boundaries.
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Examples
- The Ugly Duchess by Quentin Matsys
- The Witch (Salvator Rosa) (1640 - 1649) by Salvator Rosa
See also
- Blazon of the Ugly Tit
- "Ugly Woman", a popular calypso song
- Loathly lady
- Old woman
- Abjection
- At night there is no such thing as an ugly woman
- Ugly man
Gallery
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References
- The Ugly Woman: Transgressive Aesthetic Models in Italian Poetry from the Middle Ages to the Baroque( 2005) by Patrizia Bettella
- On Ugliness (2007) by Umberto Eco.
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