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The Fifteenth Century Illustrations of Christine De Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies and The Treasure of the City of Ladies: Analyzing the Relation of the Pictures to the Text
Author(s): Laura Rinaldi Dufresne (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 April 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 378 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780773426276
- ISBN-13: 0773426272
Book Description
This is the first study that seeks to explain how pictures add to the meaning of the written text of a late medieval work placing emphasis on the ways in which Pizan constructed both her narratives and the presentation of her works to suit the differing needs of her patrons and wider audience.
