From Mouth to Mind: A Close Examination of Two Carved Boxwood Peapods Through Print, Paint, and Sculpture & References to Fertility
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College. The following three chapters consider the boxwood peapods against the context gathered from different sources. In chapter one, I look at the inspiration for the shape of the carvings: the peapod. Today, peapods like snap peas and snow peas, are common throughout the world, and while the medieval world had more seasonal access to the plant, peapods and similar legumes were often still a staple food throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, so much so that they were mentioned in the Old Testament. Chapter two turns to representatio... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Text |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
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Bard Digital Commons
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Schlagwörter: | Netherlands / Boxwood / Dutch Art / Peapod / Pea pod / prayer bead / book of hours / fertility / print / miniature / Ancient / Medieval / Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture / Dutch Studies / Medieval Studies |
Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29052061 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/senproj_s2023/94 |