Labeur and paresse : ideological representations of medieval peasant labor

Author

Alexander, Jonathan

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art bulletin. 1990, Num. 3, Vol. 72, p. 436-452, 22 ill.; 1 map

ISSN

0004-3079

Abstract (en)

Discusses the iconography of peasants laboring and not laboring, late 12th to early 15th cs. Images of laboring peasants in medieval calendar cycles are contrasted with images of aristocratic pastimes and peasant idleness, casting light on the ideological function of the calendar cycle in later medieval society. Focuses on negative images of peasants in the Très riches heures du Duc de Berry (Chantilly, Musée Condé, MS 65), noting a shift in attitude and relating this to the economic and social crises of the 14th and early 15th cs.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Manuscript illumination -- France
• Manuscripts
• Manuscript illumination
• France
• 1100-1500
• Art
• Medieval
• Iconography
• Peasantry
• Work
• Idleness
• Aristocracy
• Pastimes
• Occupations
• Calendars
• Months
• MS 65 (Très riches heures du Duc de Berry) || Chantilly (FRA)//Musée Condé
• Musée Condé||Chantilly (FRA)
• Social classes
• Economics

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Enluminure -- France
• Manuscrits
• Enluminure
• France
• 1100-1500
• Art
• Moyen Age
• Iconographie
• Paysannerie
• Travail
• Oisiveté
• Aristocratie
• Divertissement
• Métiers
• Calendrier
• Mois
• MS 65 (Très riches heures du Duc de Berry) || Chantilly (FRA)//Musée Condé
• Musée Condé||Chantilly (FRA)
• Classe sociale
• Economie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19911001-00457806

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