Heroines, harpies, and housewives : : imaging women of consequence in the Dutch Golden Age / / Martha Moffitt Peacock.

• Superior document: Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History ; Volume 45
• VerfasserIn: Peacock, Martha,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]; 2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; Volume 45.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (506 pages) :; illustrated.
• ISBN: 9004432159
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Martha Moffitt Peacock.

In Heroines, Harpies, and Housewives , Martha Moffitt Peacock provides a novel interpretive approach to the artistic practice of Imaging Women of Consequence in the Dutch Golden Age . From the beginnings of the new Republic, visual celebrations of famous heroines who crossed gender boundaries by fighting in the Revolt against Spain or by distinguishing themselves in arts and letters became an essential and significant cultural tradition that reverberated throughout the long seventeenth century. This collective memory of consequential heroines who equaled, or outshone, men is frequently reflected in empowering representations of other female archetypes: authoritative harpies and noble housewives. Such enabling imagery helped in the structuring of gender norms that positively advanced a powerful female identity in Dutch society.