Sacred sheep: ovine imagery in the art of William Shakespeare, Thomas Middleton, and Jan van Eyck

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dc.contributor.authorAkhanamoya, Lulu
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeOwens, Judith (English, Theatre, Film & Media)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeBugslag, Jim (School of Art)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorClark, Glenn (English, Theatre, Film & Media)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-15T19:41:17Z
dc.date.available2021-04-15T19:41:17Z
dc.date.copyright2021-03-20
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.date.submitted2021-03-20T21:16:29Zen_US
dc.degree.disciplineEnglish, Film and Theatreen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis studies the image of sheep in Late Medieval and Renaissance culture. It analyzes sheep through three conceptual lenses: faith, fabric, and flesh. Through faith it studies sheep’s Christian connotations. Through fabric it studies how the English Wool trade turned sheep into a symbol of greed; and through flesh it studies the rise of the mutton market and how it further debased sheep into a symbol of materialism. It takes as its core texts three early-modern plays: King Lear and The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside by Thomas Middleton, which contain complex depictions of the ovine. These plays are contrasted with the balanced view of sheep in the late Medieval painting The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb by Hubert and Jan van Eyck where the economic and religious connotations of the ovine are harmonized.en_US
dc.description.noteMay 2021en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/35439
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectOvineen_US
dc.subjectEarly Modernen_US
dc.subjectShakespeareen_US
dc.subjectEnclosureen_US
dc.subjectSheepen_US
dc.subjectJan van Eycken_US
dc.subjectGhent Altarpieceen_US
dc.subjectNorthern Renaissanceen_US
dc.subjectMuttonen_US
dc.subjectMeat Marketen_US
dc.subjectKing Learen_US
dc.subjectThomas Middletonen_US
dc.subjectA Chaste Maid in Cheapsideen_US
dc.subjectCity Comedyen_US
dc.titleSacred sheep: ovine imagery in the art of William Shakespeare, Thomas Middleton, and Jan van Eycken_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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