HERCULES IN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART: MASCULINE LABOUR AND HOMOEROTIC LIBIDO
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عنوان ژورنال: Art History
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0141-6790,1467-8365
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8365.2008.00635.x