Elizabeth Siddal, Pre-Raphaelite model and artist
Laura PINTADO MARÍN
Original title: Elizabeth Siddal, modelo y artista prerrafaelita
Published in
Keywords: Artist, Elizabeth Siddal, Models, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, XIX century.
Elizabeth Siddal is a character that we know today as a model and, especially, as the wife of the well-known Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. For years, her work has been undervalued and the studios where she has been mentioned have only highlighted aspects of her private life, mythologizing and romanticizing the tragedies she was forced to go through to find a place in the demanding world of art.
Women artists in the Middle Ages: constantly self-represented, consciously ignored
Sheila ADÁN LLEDÍN
Original title: Artistas en la Edad Media: constantemente autorrepresentadas, conscientemente ignoradas
Published in Mirabilia Journal 34
Keywords: Artist, Illuminating, Middle Ages, Misogyny, Sculptress, Woman.
Women in the medieval society were taught good manners in taking care of their homes, their children, pregnancy, or marriage. However, not a few of them made it to get rid of it and become writers, mystics, medics, doctors, sculptors, painters, powerful queens, and even crusaders and war soldiers. Despite many of them being silenced, many others left the anonymity behind. Courageous women who never meant to be forgotten and will be remembered in this work. It’s key to consider that due to the patriarchal system, as well as the medieval misogyny, only a few women were able to study and learn to read and write. The ones who succeeded belonged to wealthy families with high social standards, or to the Church, like the abbesses. The Renaissance will bring more women testimonies, signatures, and self-portraits. However, there are many relevant female artists before this period, and this work will focus on them. The article goes through the different Middle Ages artistic periods: from the Early (5th-10th century) to the High (11th-13th century) and finally the Late Middle Ages (14th-15th century).
