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Part of a new series which looks at issues in the arts that cut across the traditional disciplines, Pictures of Innocence explores common, sacred, and controversial images conveying the cherished Western ideal of childhood innocence. The book begins with a visual history of this idealized childhood: from 18th-century portraits such as those by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 19th-century popular illustrations and the ambiguous photographs of Lewis Carroll to greetings cards by Anne Geddes. Higonnet then goes on to assess the current crisis affecting this ideal, that of imagery accused of eroticizing childhood. Appealing to anyone who has ever questioned the way children are portrayed, this surprisingly intriguing volume concludes by looking at how we are in the midst of a radical re-definition of childhood itself, a change that has been greatly brought about by the visual imagery of our society. (Kirkus UK)

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