2024年12月31日 · In medieval life, women occupied diverse roles that transcended the archetypal boundaries often depicted in literature. Illuminated manuscripts and other art forms offer us a glimpse into these multifaceted lives, serving as vibrant records of women's societal contributions.

2021年3月17日 · During the Early Medieval period, women often worked alongside men. They worked especially in manuscript illuminations, embroideries, and carved capitals, but some documents demonstrate that women were also brewers, butchers, wool …

Medieval art woman offers a window into a world that valued the representation and veneration of femininity in all its forms. From religious icons to secular portraits, women played a significant role in shaping the visual culture of the medieval era.

2017年4月24日 · Introduction: This essay surveys the evidence of women as artists in the Western and Byzantine Middle Ages in the centuries between about 600 and 1400. Dorothy Miner’s Anastaise and Her Sisters (1974) laid the foundation for …

The lives of women in the Middle Ages were nuanced and varied, reflecting diverse geographic, financial, and religious circumstances. The pages of illuminated manuscripts reveal the many facets of and attitudes toward medieval womanhood.

2024年11月4日 · Curator Eleanor Jackson introduces some of the women – writers, printers, weavers and illustrators – who shaped the cultural life of medieval Europe.

Illuminating Women in the Medieval World, on view June 20 –September 17, 2017 at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, reveals the vibrant and complex medieval representations of women, real and imagined, who fill the texts and images within illuminated manuscripts.

Our latest exhibition introduces the women of medieval Europe through their own words, visions and experiences. Discover the themes of the exhibition and some of the star items in our digital webspace.

2020年3月6日 · Inside this, we have an authentic, lifelike and lovingly made depiction of a conventional medieval woman. The sitter simultaneously displays her wealth and status in the materials used, while the artist basks in the opportunity for virtuoso painting.

This exhibition explores women as subjects and women as makers of medieval art. As subjects, we find women taking centre stage as venerated mothers, powerful heroines and resolute saints.