Naslov
World 10 - Croatia 0: Women in and out of the renaissance

Autori
Perišić, Valentina : Radman, Daria

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
International student congress of faculty of arts and sciences »Gender«, Maltepe university, Istanbul / İncirlioğlu Emine Onaran - Istanbul : Faculty of Art and Sciences, Maltepe, Istanbul, 2013, 84-84

ISBN
978-975-6760-53-6

Skup
International student congress of faculty of arts and sciences »Gender«

Mjesto i datum
Istanbul, Turska, 25.04.2013. - 26.04.2013

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Gender ; art ; women ; renaissance

Sažetak
The paper has, as its main subject, the lack of female Renaissance artists. Today, no more than ten female Renaissance artists are known even though there were, in fact, much more, and of equal greatness. The question then is why aren't they famous? We might venture and claim that the principal guilt for this lack of knowledge lies with the experts. Is this boycott or ignorance? One of the issues we aim to address is the idea of gender implicitly present in Renaissance society which, presumably, could not be open enough to enable women to become artists. Even if they had a chance to express themselves through art, it was reserved for the upper-class and according to rules of a male-dominated society. There's also the question of nepotism – almost every female renaissance artist had to resort to it if she wanted to create art. Paradoxically, it seems that the only way for a female artist to “make it” during the Renaissance was through morally dubious choices, which only perpetuated her gender role, seen as submissive and inferior. The paper also deals with the problem of gender in Croatian art history. Even though there are insufficient reading materials present, the Renaissance was an integral part of our art history. Available archives could probably tell us a different story. It’s not that Croatia had no Renaissance women artists ; it’s that they are unknown! Here, the problem seems to be not boycott, but actual ignorance and indignation of art historians as far as these women are concerned. Is this really a “female problem”, or could it actually be a “male problem”? This paper aims to analyze the changes in comprehension of gender which have to occur in order to sustain a certain amount of equality. A slight change of the notion of gender might solve this problem. Art historians in Croatia have not ventured far to represent both genders. Finally, we will try to provide an answer to the following question: is this lack of research a result of gender discrimination or a proof that necessary changes in the notion of gender have not yet happened?

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest umjetnosti

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