Die tote Frau als Ikone

Zur Verbindung von Tod, Weiblichkeit und (Heiligen-)Bild bei Fedor Dostoevskij, Vasilij Perov, Ivan Turgenev und Evgenij Bauėr

By (author) Valentin Peschanskyi

Book cover: Die tote Frau als Ikone

Extent: 421 pages

Publisher: Brill | Fink

Subjects: Art & Art History, Literary Studies, Slavic Studies

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(August 2024)

ISBN: 9783770568161

6.1 x 9.25 inches

Price: $103.00

Out of stock

The aestheticised female corpse as an image is a central motif in European art. In Russian culture, it is typically connected to the Orthodox icon. This study examines the petrification of living female figures as dead bodies. It traces the variety of functions and meanings these bodies unfold and reveals the arising aesthetically productive tensions between religion, ethics and art, between this world and beyond.

  • By (author) Valentin Peschanskyi