The heroine as hero in Michelangelo's art

Author

Even, Yael

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Woman's art journal. 1990, Num. 1, Vol. 11, p. 29-33, 8 ill.

ISSN

0270-7993

Abstract (en)

Examines Michelangelo's masculinization of female figures, focusing on examples from the Sistine Chapel (Rome, Vatican): the Libyan Sibyl and the S. Catherine of Alexandria in the Last Supper. Concludes that whatever else these figures signify in Michelangelo's art, these women who are given heroic roles traditionally assigned to men are a manifestation of a patriarchal mentality rooted in the artist's classical heritage.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
• Mural painting
• Italy
• 1500-1600
• Vaticano, Cappella Sistina||Roma (ITA)
• Representation
• Women
• Iconography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
• Peinture murale
• Italie
• 1500-1600
• Vaticano, Cappella Sistina||Roma (ITA)
• Représentation
• Femmes
• Iconographie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19911001-00461426

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