The Fifteenth Century Illustrations of Christine De Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies and The Treasure of the City of Ladies [electronic resource] : Analyzing the Relation of the Pictures to the Text

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dufresne, Laura Rinaldi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--Criticism, Textual--To 1500--France.

French literature.

Women and literature--France--History--To 1500.

Women and literature.

Illustration of books.

Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431. Livre de la cité des dames--Illustrations.

Christine.

Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431. Livre des trois vertus--Illustrations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Fifteenth Century Illustrations of Christine De Pizan''s The Book of the City of Ladies and The Treasure of the City of Ladies

Fifteenth Century Illustrations of Christine De Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies and The Treasure of the City of Ladies

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Christine de Pizan was one of the few authors of late medieval France involved with all aspects of her manuscripts' production. Her work has received enormous scholarly attention as their subject is nothing less than the history and education of women. This book fills a gap in the scholarship by shifting the attention from their literary content to the imagery chosen to illustrate these two pioneering books on women and their worth. This new focus includes artists of Christine's own choosing to those illustrating The City and The Treasure after her death throughout the peak of the two works' p

Contents:

THE FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHRISTINE DE PIZAN'S THE BOOK OF THE CITY OF LADIES AND THE TREASURE OF THE CITY OF LADIES: Analyzing the Relation of the Pictures to the Text; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Color Plates; List of Black and White Figures; Abstract; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Christine de Pizan and Her Artists; Chapter 2: Christine and the Virtues in The Book of the City of Ladies; Chapter 3: Women of Worth; Chapter 4: The College of Ladies; Chapter 5: Word and Image; Notes; Bibliography

Appendix A: Manuscripts and their LocationsAppendix B: Glossary; Index; About the Author; List of Black and White Figures; Black and White Figure 1; Black and White Figure 2; Black and White Figure 3; Black and White Figure 4; Black and White Figure 5; Black and White Figure 6; Black and White Figure 7; Black and White Figure 8; Black and White Figure 9; Black and White Figure 10; Black and White Figure 11; Black and White Figure 12; Black and White Figure 13; Black and White Figure 14; Black and White Figure 15; Black and White Figure 16; Black and White Figure 17; Black and White Figure 18

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-7734-1890-3

OCLC:

811507405