Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 7895
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Collier , Jo-Kate.
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  • Title: Cassoni: The Inside Story [The author argues that the nude paintings of men and women inside the cassoni lids were intended to arouse sexually the newly married husband and wife so that they would quickly produce a male heir].
  • Source: Renaissance Papers , ( 2000): Pages 1 - 11.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Art History- Decorative Arts Art History- Painting Cassoni, Marriage Chests Marriage Nude in Art Sexuality Trousseau (Household Goods That the Bride Brings to Her New Home)
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 15
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Houston.
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  • Year of Publication: 2000.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 05844207