{"product_id":"9781857096941-ugly-duchess","title":"The Ugly Duchess","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeauty and Satire in the Renaissance\u003cbr\u003eQuinten Massys’ An Old Woman (‘The Ugly Duchess’) is one of the Renaissance’s most famous faces. In a fresh review of the image, this book unveils the painting’s original context: its status as a pioneering work of satirical art, its debt to da Vinci’s grotesque drawings, and what it tells us about attitudes towards women, age and beauty.\u003cbr\u003eQuinten Massys’ \u003ci\u003eAn Old Woman (‘The Ugly Duchess’)\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the Renaissance’s most famous faces. In a fresh review of the iconic image, this book unveils the painting’s original context: its status as a pioneering work of satirical art, its debt to Leonardo da Vinci’s grotesque drawings, and what it tells us about the period’s complex attitudes towards women, age and normative beauty. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The painting and its partner, \u003ci\u003eAn Old Man\u003c\/i\u003e, are parodic portraits that mock the supposed lust and vanity of older women. Yet a closer look also reveals a figure defiantly flouting conventions and a painter subverting artistic expectations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The publication traces the eventful afterlife and enduring power of this seminal image: how she gained her nickname ‘The Ugly Duchess’ and inspired John Tenniel’s much-loved illustrations of Lewis Carroll’s \u003ci\u003eAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e (1865), capturing the imagination of generations of readers.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Published by National Gallery Global\/Distributed by Yale University Press  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNational Gallery, London\u003c\/b\u003e, 16 March–11 June 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40780462456929,"sku":"9781857096941","price":18.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28395973.jpg?v=1722584478","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781857096941-ugly-duchess","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}