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Illuminating Women in the Medieval World

Categorie	Middeleeuwen
Boeknummer	#346367-XJ7
Titel	Illuminating Women in the Medieval World
Auteur	Sciacca, Christine
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum
Jaar van uitgave	2017
ISBN10	1606065262
ISBN13	9781606065266
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original gilt lettered green cloth, dust jacket, numerous (full page) colour illustrations, small 4to.
Samenvatting	When one thinks of women in the Middle Ages, the images that often come to mind are those of damsels in distress, mystics in convents, female labourers in the field, and even women of ill repute. In reality, however, medieval conceptions of womanhood were multifaceted, and women's roles were varied and nuanced. Female stereotypes existed in the medieval world, but so too did women of power and influence. The pages of illuminated manuscripts reveal to us the many facets of medieval womanhood and slices of medieval life-from preoccupations with biblical heroines and saints to courtship, childbirth, and motherhood. While men dominated artistic production, this volume demonstrates the ways in which female artists, authors, and patrons were instrumental in the creation of illuminated manuscript... (Lees verder)s.
Pagina's	108
Conditie	Goed — Bottom edge dust jacket slightly waterstained.
Prijs	€ 9,00

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