{"product_id":"the-ugly-duchess-by-emma-capron-9781857096941","title":"The Ugly Duchess","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Old Woman (‘The Ugly Duchess’)\u003c\/i\u003e by Quinten Massys 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe publication traces the eventful afterlife and enduring power of this seminal image: how she gained her nickname, \u003ci\u003eThe Ugly Duchess\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by National Gallery Global\/Distributed by Yale University Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Gallery, London\u003c\/b\u003e, 16 March–11 June 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428335534316,"sku":"9781857096941","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781857096941.jpg?v=1774477606","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-ugly-duchess-by-emma-capron-9781857096941","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}