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Christine Sciacca

Auteur de Building the Medieval World

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Nom canonique
Sciacca, Christine
Date de naissance
1976-06-02
Sexe
female
Nationalité
USA
Études
Columbia University (PhD|Art History|2008)
Professions
museum curator
art historian
Organisations
J. Paul Getty Museum
Courte biographie
Christine Sciacca is assistant curator of manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. She is the editor of Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance (Getty Publications, 2012) and the author of Building the Medieval World (Getty Publications, 2010).

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Pros: lots of colour illustrations, good explanations

Cons:

This is an examination of medieval women as depicted in illuminated manuscripts. There’s a short forward by Timothy Potts, the Director of the J. Paul Getty Museum, followed by the Introduction. There are four chapters: Medieval Ideals of Womanhood, Warnings to Medieval Women, Medieval Women in Daily Life and Medieval Women in the Arts. At the end there’s a short epilogue and some suggestions for further reading. The book is 120 pages, and there are 100 illustrations.

The chapters start with a short explanation followed by a large number of illustrations. Each image has a good descriptive explanation that often gives context and/or insights into the medieval mind. I was impressed to see an Ethiopian and a Persian image in the Ideals of Womanhood chapter, as well as a few Hebrew manuscripts represented. The images depict a wide variety of women from a good mix of sources. There are saints, Biblical scenes, scenes of romance, giving birth, patrons praying, etc. Some of the sources are book of hours, prayer books, hymnals, medical and history texts, a book of law codes, etc.

The Warnings chapter opens with a brief foray into nude female imagery and the male readership for whom those images were generally commissioned, something I had never considered before. There are several other interesting tidbits that give greater depth to the people who made and used the manuscripts.

I found this a wonderful read. It’s an introductory volume and so accessible to anyone interested in learning more about the middle ages and the role of women.
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Strider66 | 1 autre critique | Jun 23, 2017 |
Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
 
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fernandie | 1 autre critique | Sep 15, 2022 |

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Œuvres
4
Membres
96
Popularité
#196,089
Évaluation
½ 4.5
Critiques
2
ISBN
4

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