Gender representation in Tuscan tombs of the trecento and quattrocento

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dc.contributor.authorGetty, Cassandraen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-13T22:52:25Z
dc.date.available2024-08-13T22:52:25Z
dc.date.copyright1997en_US
dc.date.issued1997
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of History in Art
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Art History and Visual Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines Tuscan tombs of the Trecento and Quattrocento as instruments upholding a preoccupation with patrilineal authority. Evidence indicates that the tomb monuments of Florence, Siena, Pisa, and Lucca aggrandied elite laymen to a striking degree over their female counterparts. A discussion of the development of intrachurch lay burial and the legal status of women introduces this investigation. Subsequently, this study draws attention to the small number of markers overtly identified as belonging to women. In addition, the physical placement of these female tombs, and the nature of the different types of information conveyed by them, such as inscriptions and portraits, are compared to male-defined monuments. This study interprets the enduring material record as corresponding to popular social concepts which defined women as a group thought to ideally belong within the spheres of the home and family. Ultimately, this thesis examines patronage as a highly gendered and constrained activity, but also as an area in which women asserted themselves as agents. To add dimension to the study of commemorative practices, a concluding exploration of art patronage indicates alternative areas in which women contributed to the culture of remembrance.
dc.format.extent258 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/17882
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.titleGender representation in Tuscan tombs of the trecento and quattrocentoen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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