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Record Number:
11218
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Armstead , Wendy.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Interpreting Images of Women with Books in Misericords [some represent piety, while others mock women's pretensions].
Source:
Women and the Book: Assessing the Visual Evidence. Edited by Lesley Smith and Jane H.M. Taylor. British Library and University of Toronto Press, 1997. Pages 57 - 74.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Art History- Decorative Arts
Art History- Sculpture
Bakhtin, Mikhail Mikhailovich, Literary Critic (1895-1975)
Humor in Art
Iconography
Manuscripts in Art
Misericords
Women in Art
Wood Carving
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
11- 12- 13- 14- 15
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
Eight figures, all misericords from English cathedrals and churches. Six of the figures show women with books, some reading, one writing. Most appear to represent the clergy's humor in mocking women's scholarship and suspect sexuality. The other two figures illustrate details of supporters for the women and book misericords. One shows a hunter falling from his horse, while the other is a man with a rabbit suspended from a pole.
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Year of Publication:
1997.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0802042163