Author: Dixon, Annette.
Title: Women who ruled : queens, goddesses, amazons in Renaissance and baroque art.
Description: London : Merrell, 2002. Hardcover. Dusjacket. 192 pp. Ills. 28 cm. Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Women who ruled' in the University of Michigan Museum of Art (September 14 - December 8, 2002). Examining paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures and decorative-arts pieces the authors explore how female power was visualized and constructed in the period between 1500 and 1650. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. From the publisher : The period between 1500 and 1650 was an exceptional time in European history in that many states and kingdoms were ruled by women, From Elizabeth I to Catherine de' Medici, and from Anne of Austria to Mary, Queen of Scots, this phenomenon of female rule gave new energy to the longstanding controversy about the ability of women to govern, and reflected larger issues regarding the role of women in society. Women Who Ruled is an intelligent and beautifully illustrated exploration of how female power was visualized and constructed in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Examining over ninety paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, and decorative-arts pieces, the book provides a social, political, historical, mythological, and erotic background to the construction of women's identities. Principal author Annette Dixon examines female archetypes such as The Virgin, Wives and Mothers, Seductresses, The Warrior Woman, The Heroine, and The Goddess, and deconstructs art works of the period to show how these images created and reflected the age's idealization of women. Contributo essays by Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Micke Bal, and Bettina Baumgartel focus on such topics as the relation between imagery and myth, power relations between men and women, seduction of the vicwer, and official versus private images. Together, these essays offer recognizable parallels with today's mass media manipulation of the female image. ISBN 9781858941660.

Keywords: ART, women's history, Frauengeschichte