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Author Peacock, Martha, author.

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

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 506 pages) : illustrations (some color).
nat Americans
gdr Women
text file
Series Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; volume 312
Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; volume 45
Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 312.
Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 45.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Heroines -- Harpies -- Housewives.
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Women in art.
Women in art.
Sex role in art.
Sex role in art.
Painting, Dutch -- 17th century -- Themes, motives.
Painting, Dutch.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Themes, motives.
Women -- Netherlands -- Social conditions -- 17th century.
Women.
Netherlands.
Social conditions.
Collective memory -- Netherlands.
Collective memory.
Netherlands -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
Intellectual life.
Painting, Dutch -- Themes, motives.
Women -- Social conditions.
Chronological Term 1600-1699
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Other Form: Print version: Peacock, Martha. Heroines, harpies, and housewives. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020] 9789004399037 (DLC) 2020017457 (OCoLC)1143642737
ISBN 9789004432154 electronic book
9004432159 electronic book
9789004399037 hardcover