The Woman and the Dragon in Premodern Art

This book analyzes artistic images of women and dragons over an extensive period, from Classical Greece and Rome (with forays to Egypt and Mesopotamia) to the early modern period in Western Europe.

Sharon Khalifa-Gueta is an art historian specializing in representations of dragons. She studies their appearance in Renaissance imagery, including that of Jacopo Bellini, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and Titian, as well as in Greco-Roman and Near Eastern antiquity. She is particularly interested in images concerned with women and dragons.

Introduction, Chapter 1: The Dragon, Chapter 2: The Cave and the Womb: The Myth of Cadmus and the Myth of Apollo and Python, Chapter 4: Medea, The Holy Woman and the Witch, Chapter 5: Eve and Lilith - Christianizing the Great Goddess and the Dragon, Chapter 6: Saint Margaret - Taming the Dragon, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index.