Women on top at Fontainebleau

Author

Wilson-Chevalier, Kathleen

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Oxford art journal. 1993, Num. 1, Vol. 16, 34-48, 12 ill.

ISSN

0142-6540

Abstract (en)

Draws attention to issues of gender and power in frescoes of mythological subjects executed by Primaticcio for François I at Fontainebleau; argues that the recurrence of themes implying belief in the natural dominance of men in these frescoes and in the drawing of Mars and Venus by Rosso, 1530 (Paris, Louvre) suggests that the threat of female insubordination was real, given the presence of powerful women at court.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- France
• Primaticcio, Francesco, 1504-1570
• Mural painting
• France
• Mythology
• Château de Fontainebleau||Fontainebleau (FRA)
• Power
• Gender (sex)
• François I, king of France, 1494-1547
• Commissions
• Women
• Drawing
• Italy
• Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo), 1494-1540
• Venus and Mars
• Musée national du Louvre||Paris (FRA)
• School of Fontainebleau
• Art
• Italians

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- France
• Peinture murale
• France
• Mythologie
• Château de Fontainebleau||Fontainebleau (FRA)
• Pouvoir
• Sexe (catégorie)
• François I, roi de France, 1494-1547
• Commande d'oeuvre d'art
• Femmes
• Dessin
• Italie
• Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo), 1494-1540
• Vénus et Mars
• Musée national du Louvre||Paris (FRA)
• Ecole de Fontainebleau
• Art
• Italiens

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940101-00336828

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