Abstracts
Abstract
The Miseries and the Misfortunes of War (1633) by Jacques Callot is one of the most significant artistic reflections on multiple, fracturing military conflicts in seventeenth-century Europe. In this series of eighteen etchings, the question of wartime sexual violence arises as a part of Callot’s engagement with the subject of pillaging soldiers. This is the only time in Callot’s oeuvre that he represents rape; it is also the only time that he represents a domestic interior. As this article argues, Callot’s representation of wartime rape reflects increasingly intertwined conceptualizations of the household and female sexuality—and its potential violation.
Keywords:
- Jaques Callot,
- Sexual Violence,
- Thirty Years War,
- Printmaking,
- Domestic Interiors,
- Patriarchy,
- Gender,
- France
Résumé
Les Misères et les Malheurs de la guerre (1633) de Jacques Callot sont l’une des plus importantes réflexions artistiques sur les multiples conflits militaires ayant divisé l’Europe au XVIIe siècle. Dans cette série de dix-huit gravures, la question de la violence sexuelle en temps de guerre est traitée à travers le sujet des soldats pilleurs. Il s’agit de la seule représentation du viol – et d’un intérieur domestique – dans l’oeuvre de Callot. Comme le soutient le présent article, cette représentation du viol en temps de guerre reflète les conceptualisations de plus en plus imbriquées de la sphère domestique et de la sexualité féminine – ainsi que la menace qui pèse sur cette dernière.
Mots-clés :
- Jacques Callot,
- Violence sexuelle,
- Guerre de Trente Ans,
- Imprimerie,
- Intérieurs domestiques,
- Patriarcat,
- Genre,
- France
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