Italian Art Society-Sponsored Session
40th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, May 5-8, 2005
Italian Art Society announces its sponsorship of four linked sessions on
the theme of
Women in Power in the Context of Italian Art, c. 400- c.1500.
Send your proposals for papers and a c.v. to the relevant chair of session
by September 15, 2004
Women in Power in the Context of Italian Art, c. 400- c.1500: Virgins
Chair and Organizer
Dr. Joanna Cannon
Reader in the History of Art
Courtauld Institute of Art,
Somerset House,
Strand,
London WC2R 0RN, England
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+44 [0]20 7848 2189 (direct line)
+44 [0]20 7848 2636 (messages)
+44 [0]20 7848 2410 (fax)
This session invites papers concerning any aspect of the power of virgins,
or of the condition of virginity, as encountered in the study of Italian
art. Besides the Virgin Mary herself, and all those categorized as virgins
among the saints (including St. Mary Magdalen), discussion could focus on
nuns and virgin members of the third orders, or virgin laywomen.
Narratives, intercessory images, and other works of art describing or
demonstrating power could be discussed, as could the power of an image
itself, and the power of virgins - especially nuns - as patrons, testators,
commissioners, and devotees.
Women in Power in the Context of Italian Art, c. 400- c.1500: The Ruler
Chair and Organizer :
Prof. Amy Neff
School of Art, University of
Tennessee
1715 Volunteer Boulevard
Knoxville, TN 37996-2410
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fax: 865-974-3198
This session will focus on the art of women in positions of secular or
religious authority in the art of Italy. Papers may discuss females who
rule either as the subjects or as the patrons of works of art. I am
particularly interested in the interaction of gender and power: is there a
gender-based iconography of power? To what extent do images of female power
reflect contemporary realities of society? How do images of female power
accommodate society's dominant ideology of women who are subservient?
Women in Power in the Context of Italian Art, c. 400- c.1500: Wives and Widows
Chair and Organizer :
Prof. Penny Howell Jolly
Dept. of Art and Art History
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
tel: 518-580-5055
fax: 518-580-5028
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This session invites papers concerning two of the most significant roles in
women's lives, those of wife and widow. Whether concerning real wives and
widows or fictional ones (including saints or literary characters), papers
should explore ways in which wives and widows worked to exercise real power
and influence, whether within the domestic setting or public realm. Papers
exploring art or architecture relating to power and themes such as
patronage, the gendering of domestic or public spaces, pregnancy and the
raising of children, lineage and family alliances, household hierarchies,
and the husband-wife
or widow-family relationship are welcome.
Women in Power in the Context of Italian Art, c. 400- c.1500 : Further Issues
Chair and Organizer :
Dr. Beth Williamson
Dept of History of Art
University of Bristol
43 Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1UU, England
tel: +44 117 954 6050 (department office for messages)
direct line: +44 117 954 6047
fax:+44 117 954 6001
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This session invites papers concerning the overall theme of women and power
that complement, or contrast with, the individual themes of the other three
sessions (Virgins, Rulers, Wives and Widows). Papers may focus on women in
positions of limited power, or on female patrons, producers or subjects of
art who are not members of the other three categories described. Papers may
also focus on theoretical or historiographical issues
concerning women and power, or women as agents or subjects of art.
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