Folly and witchcraft in anthropological studies
In the context of the 2022 AIWAC “Women’s Legacies in Natural Studies, Health, and Liberal Arts” focused on the correlation between women and naturalism from... Read More
Fools, witches, and hysterics
Beginning from the title of the chosen section “Hysteria, Folly and Witchcraft”, the author at first intends to suggest a substantial distinction: the one between... Read More
Woman… the transformation of an archetype from witch to fatal Woman, crossing feminism at the beginning of the twentieth century
The archetype is none other than creations of the human unconscious, in which fears, hopes and feelings are expressed that can be shared by all.... Read More
Modern Madonnas. The Image of Motherhood as Depicted by Hungarian Female Painters in Interwar Art
In 1931, fifteen female painters decided to form a modern artists’ group called the New Group of Women Artists. To mark the occasion, an exhibition... Read More
Madonna of the Svezzamento
Madonna of the Svezzamento (attributed here to Artemisia Gentileschi, c. 1611, Palazzo Barberini Corsini) has been one among many of the depictions of the Madonna... Read More
Neroli, the essence of Princess des Ursins’ legacy: the blooming of a legend
When the Princesse des Ursins (1642-1722), née Marie-Anne de la Trémoille, entered the Roman aristocracy after marrying the Duke of Bracciano and Prince of Neroli... Read More
The Rise of Household Manuals and Early Modern Dutch Dollhouse: The Seventeenth-and Eighteenth-Century Home as Laboratory and Site of Knowledge Production
The Netherlands witnessed a distinct rise in the publication of a variety of household manuals and guides in the seventeenth-and eighteenth-century, presaged by early cookbooks... Read More
Eleonora di Toledo and the Creation of the Boboli Gardens
Eleonora di Toledo was associated with fertility themes and ancient harvest goddesses throughout her reign as second duchess of Florence. These associations were based on... Read More