12 March 2014

A Day in the Life


Our16th century Renaissance women, heroines all, in a number of mise en scene- are actually Greek Goddesses, Sappho, Oenone, Dido, Briseis, et alia.
 

the bath, 
the peeping King...
the texts,
the  well meaning "friend"
the intrigue, 
the occasional Dragon,
the slips and falls from grace, 
the lament,
the mayhem,
the murder,  
& it starts all over again.
...all in the Day of a Life.




























manuscripts: Français 874, fol. 170v. at the Bibliothèque nationale de France,  & Mandragore







11 comments:

  1. Gaye I am amazed that you discovered these works of art, I would love to know more...

    xoxo
    Karena
    The Arts by Karena

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  2. You should look at Remedios Varos paintings...quite similar in vein yet conveying Surrealism's hidden messages clearly, as these.

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    1. will do, thanks for steering me in new directions-as always. pgt

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  3. Everyone here is way to smart for me! I love every word and every picture! Lordy!!!

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    1. ha, no way. I am so grateful for your insights Penelope. pgt

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  4. Hi Gaye,
    I'm going to ponder these ladies a bit more--so relevant to today's struggles.
    thanks.
    Mary

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  5. Facinating! Can you share more about these fantastic images? Or point me in the direction of where I can read more about them?

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    1. La...Lola, there are links at the end of the post to follow and search. pgt

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  6. My gosh--those slippers in the last picture! Who knew they had funny, fuzzy slippers in the 16th century too??

    These are very intriguing, I don't think I've ever seen anything like them. Thanks for sharing, Gaye!

    Diane

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