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Reassessing the roles of women as 'makers' of medieval art and architecture / edited by Therese Martin.
Fine Arts Library N5970 .R25 2012 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Visualising the Middle Ages ; v. 7, 1-2.
- Visualising the Middle Ages ; v. 7, 1-2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Medieval.
- Architecture, Medieval.
- Women artists--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Women artists.
- Women art patrons--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Women art patrons.
- Art and society--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Art and society.
- Architecture and society--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Architecture and society.
- History.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (xli, 1109 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Brill, 2012.
- Summary:
- The 24 lengthy essays of this 2-volume work investigate the role of women as creators, patrons, and users of art and architecture in medieval Europe and the eastern Mediterranean. Written by art historians based in the U.S., Europe, and Israel, the essays are grouped into the themes of display and concealment, ownership and community, collaboration and authorship, family and audience, piety and authority, memory and motherhood, groupings which advertise the role of gender studies in informing the methodology of the collection, though most, such as the essays on the tomb of Elisenda de Montcada, by Eileen McKiernan González (Berea College, Kentucky) and that on the history, iconography, and use of the cult object known as Vierge ouvrante, by Melissa R. Katz (U. of Exeter, the UK) expand beyond the confines of gender studies to explore specific works of art in their full historic context. Other topics include non-male patronage in Islamic Córdoba, portrayals of women in Jewish books, Emma of Blois as patron, illustrated textiles in Germany, women patrons in late medieval Ireland, and women embroiderers in early medieval Ireland. The volumes are heavily illustrated with color and b&w images. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9004185550
- 9789004185555
- 9789004228276
- 9004228276
- 9789004228283
- 9004228284
- OCLC:
- 773371771
- Publisher Number:
- 99949632909
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