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

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

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Superior document:Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History ; Volume 45
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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.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Illustrations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Purpose and Scope
  • 1.2 Indicting Patriarchy
  • 1.3 Female Agency and Autonomy
  • 1.4 Did Women Have Power in the Dutch Republic?
  • 1.5 Reinterpreting Images of Heroines, Harpies, and Housewives
  • 2 Heroines
  • 2.1 The Gendered Culture and History of the Dutch Revolt
  • 2.2 Kenau Simonsdr. Hasselaer (1526–1588) and the Women of Haarlem
  • 2.3 Trijn van Leemput (c. 1530–1607) and the Women of Utrecht
  • 2.4 Trijn Rembrands (c. 1557–1638) and the Women of Alkmaar
  • 2.5 Magdalena Moons (1541–1613) and the Women of Leiden
  • 2.6 More Women Warriors
  • 2.7 The Heroine Legacy
  • 2.8 Structuring the Cultural Heroine
  • 2.9 Anna Maria van Schurman (1607–1678): Her Network and Influence
  • 2.10 Fashioning Other Women Artists
  • 3 Harpies
  • 3.1 The Humorous Battle of the Sexes
  • 3.2 Violent and Domineering Women
  • 3.3 Heroines Inspire Harpies
  • 3.4 Beating the Drunk
  • 3.5 Husbands Caught with Courtesans
  • 3.6 The Battle for the Trousers
  • 3.7 Female Tyranny
  • 3.8 Female Domination and Feared Despotism
  • 3.9 Harpies in Decline
  • 4 Housewives
  • 4.1 Female Power and Agency
  • 4.2 Patriarchy and Women’s Work
  • 4.3 Geertruydt Roghman (1625–c. 1651): Her Innovations and Influence
  • 4.4 The Allure of the Domestic
  • 4.5 Women and Civic Institutions
  • 4.6 Women and the Economy
  • 4.7 Consumer Housewives
  • 4.8 Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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