ID - 107853065 TI - Motherhood and meaning in Medieval sculpture : representations from France, c. 1100-1500 PY - 2017 SN - 9781783272501 9781787440821 1787440826 1783272503 PB - Woodbridge, Suffolk : The Boydell Press, DB - UniCat KW - Iconography KW - Sculpture KW - sculpture [visual works] KW - iconography KW - maternity KW - French Medieval styles KW - anno 1000-1099 KW - anno 1200-1499 KW - anno 1100-1199 KW - France KW - Sculpture, Medieval KW - Motherhood KW - Women in art KW - Mothers in art KW - Mother and child in art KW - Maternity KW - Mothers KW - Parenthood KW - Themes, motives KW - History KW - Women in art. KW - Mothers in art. KW - Themes, motives. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:107853065 AB - What can medieval sculptural representations of women tell us about medieval women's experiences of motherhood? Presumably the work of male sculptors, working for clerical patrons, these sculptures are unlikely to have been shaped by women's maternal experiences during their production. Once produced, however, their beholders would have included women who were mothers and potential mothers, thus opening a space between the sculptures' intended meanings and other meanings liable to be produced by these women as they brought their own interests and concerns to these works of art. Building on theories of reception and response, this book focuses on interactions between women as beholders and a range of sculptures made in France in the twelfth through sixteenth centuries, aiming to provide insight into women's experiences of motherhood; particular sculptures considered include the Annunciation and Visitation from Reims cathedral, the femme-aux-serpents from Moissac, the transi of Jeanne de Bourbon-Vendome, the Eve from Autun, and a number of French Gothic Virgin and Child sculptures. Marian Bleeke is Associate Professor of Art History and Chair of the Department of Art and Design at Cleveland State University. ER -