The Fountain of Youth: bathing and youthfulness (fourteenth-sixteenth century)
The myth of the fountain of Youth, incorporating the dream of eternal life or eternal youth, appears in the late Middle ages and the Renaissance in frequent forms, whether in frescoes in castles and aristocratic courts or in engravings destined for the middling classes or the common people. The reli...
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| Wydane w: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cliowgh, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Język: | Anglais |
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Clio
2022
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| Dostęp online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Streszczenie: | The myth of the fountain of Youth, incorporating the dream of eternal life or eternal youth, appears in the late Middle ages and the Renaissance in frequent forms, whether in frescoes in castles and aristocratic courts or in engravings destined for the middling classes or the common people. The religious reforms of the sixteenth century influenced the moral content of these images, just at the time when collective bathing was developing in significant ways. |
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