- Title :
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Architecture and the politics of gender in early modern Europe; Aldershot; Burlington, VT; Ashgate
'Women in wolves' mouths' : nuns' reputations, enclosure and architecture at the Convent of Le Murate in Florence
- Author :
- WEDDLE, Saundra ;
- Publication year :
- 2003
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Explores the significance of architecture and architectural discourse in constructing a prescribed image and in betraying practice which ran counter to it after the Council of Trent, at the Benedictine convent of Le Murate. Examines its architectural development, as well as changes in its religious reputation and social status between 1390 and 1597. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- 5 ill.; 2 plans ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Architecture ; Couvent ; Firenze (ITA), Le Murate (abbaye bénédictine) ; Italie ; Plan (disposition d'ensemble) ; Sexe (catégorie) ; 1300-1600 ; 1390-1597 ;
- Descriptors :
- Architectural plans ; Architecture ; Convents ; Firenze (ITA), Le Murate (Benedictine convent) ; Gender (sex) ; Italy ; 1300-1600 ; 1390-1597 ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- INIST identifier :
- 24875538 ;
- ISBN :
- ISBN 0754603091 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher country :
- UNITED KINGDOM ; UNITED STATES ;
