RT Book
T1 Picturing the "pregnant" Magdalene in Northern art, 1430 - 1550: addressing and undressing the sinner-saint
T2 Women and gender in the early modern world
A1 Jolly, Penny Howell
LA English
PP Farnham u.a.
PB Ashgate
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1606846914
AB Examining innovations in Mary Magdalene imagery in northern art 1430 to 1550, Penny Jolly explores how the saint's widespread popularity drew upon her ability to embody oppositions and embrace a range of paradoxical roles: sinner-prostitute and saint, erotic seductress and holy prophet. Analyzing paintings by Rogier van der Weyden, Quentin Massys, and others, Jolly investigates artists' and audiences' responses to increasing religious tensions, expanding art markets, and changing roles for women. Using cultural ideas concerning the gendered and pregnant body, Jolly reveals how dress confirms the Magdalene's multivalent nature. In some paintings, her gown's opening laces betray her wantonness yet simultaneously mark her as Christ's spiritually pregnant Bride; elsewhere 'undress' reconfirms her erotic nature while paradoxically marking her penitence; in still other works, exotic finery expresses her sanctity while celebrating Antwerp's textile industry
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN ND
SN 1472414950
SN 9781472414953
K1 Mary Magdalene : Saint : Art
K1 Painting, Flemish : 15th century : Themes, motives
K1 Painting, Flemish : 16th century : Themes, motives
K1 Painting, Northern European : 15th century : Themes, motives
K1 Painting, Northern European : 16th century : Themes, motives
K1 Women saints in art
K1 Sin in art
K1 Clothing and dress in art