Picturing the Pregnant Magdalene in Northern Art 14301550
            
                Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781472414953
Description: Examining innovations in Mary Magdalene imagery in northern art 1430 to 1550, Penny Jolly explores how the saint's widespread popularity drew upon her ability to embody oppositions and embrace a range of paradoxical roles: sinner-prostitute and saint, erotic seductress and holy prophet. Analyzing paintings by Rogier van der Weyden, Quentin Massys, and others, Jolly investigates artists' and audiences' responses to increasing religious tensions, expanding art markets, and changing roles for women.