ART 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Marginalia, Enrico Degli Scrovegni, Nun
27 Jul 2018
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Women in the higher class gave money to institutions for stained glass. Often involved with the planning of an edifice. Eleanor of aquitaine and henry ii fund construction of glass window at poitiers. No info on gender in the middle ages, but it seems as though class was more important than gender. Rich vs. poor > men vs. women. Supposed to be invisible in religious settings. Malleus maleficarum (1564) (germany) is the beginning of the misogyny that blew europe opened. Mystics were known as not the brightest, treated like children. Music drama (morality play over destiny of the female soul) Taught by choir nun, began to sing and create her own music. No mention of her in books until 1979. Supposedly she let the nuns wear their hair out and down. Lost the original, but a copy is still around. Pope read and blessed this work which is why we have it today.
