Gender and the Woman Artist in Early Modern Iberia

ISBN-13: 9781032283487 / Twarda / 2024 / 184 str.

Catherine Hall-van den Elsen

Opis

This monograph explores the social constructs surrounding artistic production in early modern Iberia through the lenses of gender and class by examining the rarely-considered contribution of creative women in Spain and Portugal between 1550 and 1700. 

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Early Modern Iberia: Gender and the Woman Artist 2. Women’s Lives. Social and Political Contexts 3. The Unmarried Woman as Artist 4. The Married Woman as Artist 5. The Nun as Artist 6. Conclusions: The Challenges facing women artists

O autorze

Catherine Hall-van den Elsen, Ph.D has a long standing interest in the women of early modern Spain and Portugal.  In 2018 she published a monograph in Spanish on the sculptor Luisa Roldán, in 2020 an annotated bibliography for the Oxford Bibliographies series, and in 2021 the monograph Luisa Roldán, for an English-speaking audience.