Picturing Women in Late Medieval and Renaissance Art

Christa Grossinger, Rebecca Mortimer

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Manchester University Press
10 July 1997

History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art; Human figures depicted in art; Gender studies: women

Series: Manchester Medieval Studies

This extensively illustrated book discusses the representation of women in the art of the late Middle Ages in Northern Europe. Drawing on a wide range of different media, but making particular use of the rich plethora of woodcuts, the author charts how the images of women hanged during the period and proposes two basic categories - the Virgin and Eve, good and evil. Within these, however, we discover attitudes to sinful, foolish, married and unmarried women and the style and use of these images exposes the full extend of the misogyny entrenched in medieval society. Interesting too is the variety of images of 'good' women and how they were used to confirm the social position of women throughout different classes. We also learn how women fought back: starting in the margins of manuscripts and them emerging in misericordes, there are images of women making fools of men; love triangles; and unequal couples, where the women 'wear the trousers'. We the advent of printing, a whole genre of satirical prints about women snowballed, and the views they express became available for mass consumption.

By: Christa Grossinger
Other: Rebecca Mortimer
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 245g
ISBN: 9780719041105
ISBN 10: 0719041104
Series: Manchester Medieval Studies
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 10 July 1997
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christa Grossinger is Lecturer in the History of Art Department at the University of Manchester

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