Chastity in Temperance’s Images
Ancient thinking conceived Temperance as the enemy of pleasures and excesses, mainly bodily pleasures. This idea was the source of Temperance’s depictions in the Middle Ages. Attributes such as the torch and jug, castle, tower, bit, salamander, ermine, or the presence of Cupid accompany Temperance’s...
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| description | Ancient thinking conceived Temperance as the enemy of pleasures and excesses, mainly bodily pleasures. This idea was the source of Temperance’s depictions in the Middle Ages. Attributes such as the torch and jug, castle, tower, bit, salamander, ermine, or the presence of Cupid accompany Temperance’s personification as controlling elements of bodily pleasures. The combinations of attributes relative to chastity give rise to two different iconographic types. These iconographic types translate theoretical considerations about this virtue visually. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e5b77c56e36a467cbd99cea5da0f18612023-11-24T15:03:58ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442023-11-011411140910.3390/rel14111409Chastity in Temperance’s ImagesMaría Montesinos Castañeda0Department of Global Languages and Cutures, College of Arts and Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USAAncient thinking conceived Temperance as the enemy of pleasures and excesses, mainly bodily pleasures. This idea was the source of Temperance’s depictions in the Middle Ages. Attributes such as the torch and jug, castle, tower, bit, salamander, ermine, or the presence of Cupid accompany Temperance’s personification as controlling elements of bodily pleasures. The combinations of attributes relative to chastity give rise to two different iconographic types. These iconographic types translate theoretical considerations about this virtue visually.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/11/1409temperancechastitylustallegoryiconographycardinal virtues |
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