Missouri State University will host a series of events titled “1517-2017: 500 Years of Reformations” this January and February.
Dr. Mitzi Kirkland-Ives recently co-edited a book, “Death, Torture and the Broken Body in European Art, 1300-1650,” that explores the function of torture in art of the early modern or late medieval period.
Dr. Mitzi Kirkland-Ives says pre-modern European art was rarely produced with the primary intention of being beautiful. In her new book, “Death, Torture and the Broken Body in European Art, 1300-1650,” the essays explore the function of torture in Renaissance art.