Lloyd George
Assignment 1
Word Count = 378 1. Original First Draft Précis
Precis: Zika, Charles (1997), ‘Cannibalism and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe: Reading the Visual Images
This précis of ‘Cannibalism and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe: Reading the Visual Images’ discusses how cannibalism first became entangled with witchcraft at the beginning of the sixteenth century in Modern Europe, along with the cultural impact this has had.
Charles Zika depicts witchcraft and cannibalism to be frequently used in all areas of popular culture including storytelling and art between the fifteenth and seventeenth century within Western Europe. Zika supports this by choosing the fairy tale, ‘Hansel and Gretel’ which describes a witch preparing a child for consumption.
“Stick out your finger Hansel, asks the witch in order to test whether she might begin to prepare or the feast of human flesh”
The quote from the popular fairy take supports his argument that witchcraft and cannibalism was a popular subject in the Modern Europe, due to thefairy tale originating from the period in question.
Charles Zika then suggests a growing popularity for portraying witches as cannibals at the start of the sixteenth century is a result of the discovery of the New World, this due to the possible cannibalistic acts of the American – Indians during the period making cannibalism a popular subject. Zika shows this belief when describing the artist’s ideology during sixteenth-century Modern Europe.
“Both Crispin de Passe and Henri Leroy follow the common sixteenth-century iconography of the American Indian culture.”
Zika displays his argument here by stating that the common sixteenth century idea of artists during the sixteenth century was that American Indians were cannibals, as this would influence them into creating paintings and prints that included images of cannibalism.
A central cultural meaning of cannibalism and witchcraft is then
Word Count = 378 1. Original First Draft Précis
Precis: Zika, Charles (1997), ‘Cannibalism and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe: Reading the Visual Images
This précis of ‘Cannibalism and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe: Reading the Visual Images’ discusses how cannibalism first became entangled with witchcraft at the beginning of the sixteenth century in Modern Europe, along with the cultural impact this has had.
Charles Zika depicts witchcraft and cannibalism to be frequently used in all areas of popular culture including storytelling and art between the fifteenth and seventeenth century within Western Europe. Zika supports this by choosing the fairy tale, ‘Hansel and Gretel’ which describes a witch preparing a child for consumption.
“Stick out your finger Hansel, asks the witch in order to test whether she might begin to prepare or the feast of human flesh”
The quote from the popular fairy take supports his argument that witchcraft and cannibalism was a popular subject in the Modern Europe, due to thefairy tale originating from the period in question.
Charles Zika then suggests a growing popularity for portraying witches as cannibals at the start of the sixteenth century is a result of the discovery of the New World, this due to the possible cannibalistic acts of the American – Indians during the period making cannibalism a popular subject. Zika shows this belief when describing the artist’s ideology during sixteenth-century Modern Europe.
“Both Crispin de Passe and Henri Leroy follow the common sixteenth-century iconography of the American Indian culture.”
Zika displays his argument here by stating that the common sixteenth century idea of artists during the sixteenth century was that American Indians were cannibals, as this would influence them into creating paintings and prints that included images of cannibalism.
A central cultural meaning of cannibalism and witchcraft is then