Women and Portraits in Early Modern Europe Gender, Agency, Identity |
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| Editor:
| Pearson, Andrea |
| Series title: | Women and Gender in the Early Modern World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7546-5666-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2008 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $175.00 |
Book Description:
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The purpose of this volume is to investigate, from a broad geographical and historical perspective, portraits of and by early modern women. Its chapters consider how women-and men-used women's portraits and female portraitists to shape negotiate, manipulate, and even negate identities. Exemplifying a range of fresh methodological perspectives on portraits and gender, these essays pave the way toward a more nuanced understanding of pictorial identities in early modern Europe.
The purpose of this volume is to investigate, from a broad geographical and historical perspective, portraits of and by early modern women. Its chapters consider how women-and men-used women's portraits and female portraitists to shape negotiate, manipulate, and even negate identities. Exemplifying a range of fresh methodological perspectives on portraits and gender, these essays pave the way toward a more nuanced understanding of pictorial identities in early modern Europe.