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Female Glass Engravers in the Early Modern Dutch Republic
- Author(s):
- Martine van Elk (see profile)
- Date:
- 2020
- Group(s):
- Renaissance / Early Modern Studies
- Subject(s):
- Women authors, Sixteenth century, Seventeenth century, Glass art, Dutch literature, Dutch--Social life and customs
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Early modern women writers, Glass arts, Early modern Dutch literature, Dutch culture
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/5ntg-xw59
- Abstract:
- This essay explores glass engravings by Dutch authors Anna Roemers Visscher, Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, and Anna Maria van Schurman. I place these engravings in their rich contemporary contexts, comparing them to other art forms that were the product of female pastime. Like embroidery, emblems, and alba amicorum, engraved glasses combined text and image, transforming each glass into an object that fulfilled key social and cultural functions. Above all, engraving glasses allowed women to forge new self-representations, specifically through their use of play to question binary oppositions and moral certainties.
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- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Pub. DOI:
- 10.1017/rqx.2019.492
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Pub. Date:
- 2020-3-16
- Journal:
- Renaissance Quarterly
- Volume:
- 73
- Issue:
- 1
- Page Range:
- 165 - 211
- ISSN:
- 0034-4338,1935-0236
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 3 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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