Spectrum of Desire
Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages
$38.88
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
27 December 2025
Summary
Reframing medieval art through the lens of queer theory, this pioneering volume sharpens our understanding of conceptions of gender, the body, and eroticism across three centuries
Though historically focused on chaste, religious subjects that conform to modern ideas of binary gender roles, the study of medieval art from Europe has recently expanded, unearthing themes that reflect a diverse range of experiences and identities. Spectrum of Desire reframes medie…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781588398055 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1588398056 |
| Author: | Melanie Holcomb, Nancy Thebaut |
| Publisher: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Imprint: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 27 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 766g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 235mm x 270mm |
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Critics Review
”[A] richly illustrated, well-written volume… . Spectrum of Desire successfully argues that medieval Europeans were just as complex in the way they expressed love, gender, and desire as people today.“–Diane Wolfthal, Historians of Netherlandish Art Reviews
Melanie Holcomb
Melanie Holcomb is curator and manager of collection strategy in the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Nancy Thebaut is associate professor in the Department of the History of Art at St. Catherine’s College in the University of Oxford.
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