
Designing Goddesses: Shakespeare’s "Othello" and Marian Nowiński’s "Otello Desdemona"
Author(s) -
Sabina Laskowska-Hinz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
multicultural shakespeare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2300-7605
pISSN - 2083-8530
DOI - 10.18778/2083-8530.21.09
Subject(s) - literature , ambivalence , art , plot (graphics) , venus , art history , psychology , psychoanalysis , physics , statistics , mathematics , astrobiology
The article discusses the intertextual relationship between the poster by Marian Nowiński, Otello Desdemona, and the content of Shakespeare’s play, while presenting the most important elements of the plot that are decisive for the portrayal of Desdemona. It also discusses the tradition of female nudes in Western art. This allows to usher out these characteristic features of elements of Desdemona that fashion her into Venus Caelestis and Venus Naturalis. The article focuses on the ambivalence of Nowiński’s poster and discusses the significance of the paintings by Titian, Giorgione, and Fuseli in designing the figure of Desdemona as a goddess.