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She-wolf : the story of a Roman icon

Mazzoni, Cristina 1965- (Author).

Summary: "Since antiquity, the she-wolf has served as the potent symbol of Rome. For more than two thousand years, the legendary animal that rescued Romulus and Remus has been the subject of historical and political accounts, literary treatments in poetry and prose, and visual representations in every medium. In She-Wolf: The Story of a Roman Icon, Cristina Mazzoni examines the evolution of the she-wolf as a symbol in western history, art, and literature, from antiquity to contemporary times. Used, for example, as an icon of Roman imperial power, papal authority, and the distance between the present and the past, the she-wolf has also served as an allegory for greed, good politics, excessive female sexuality, and, most recently, modern, multi-cultural Rome. Mazzoni engagingly analyzes the various role guises of the she-wolf over time in the first comprehensive study in any language on this subject"--Provided by publisher

Record details

ISBN: 052114566X
ISBN: 9780521145664
ISBN: 0521194563
ISBN: 9780521194563
ISBN: 9781139777186
ISBN: 1139777181
ISBN: 9781283715638
ISBN: 1283715635
ISBN: 9781107253285
ISBN: 1107253284
ISBN: 9781316086667
ISBN: 1316086666
ISBN: 1139778706
ISBN: 9781139778701
ISBN: 0511761767
ISBN: 9780511761768
ISBN: 9781139781695
ISBN: 1139781693
ISBN: 1139775669
ISBN: 9781139775663
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 282 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The roman nurse as allegorical pedestal in perugia and sienathe river and the she-wolf in bologna and the quattro fontane; metaphor and symbol in rubenss romulus and remus; the she-wolf's empty pelt on a renaissance map; chapter 9 modern and contemporary times; the neoclassical she-wolves of valadier and pinelli; the tamed she-wolves of fascist iconography; women and men in the pose of the she-wolf; jackson pollocks layered she-wolf; kristin jones's ephemeral she-wolves; conclusion: the live wolves of rome; bibliography; index.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.