05-11-2021, 11:02 PM
To bring Claudette Cohen's blog back to this thread, here is a post that shows her reasoning regarding "nordic/slavic" female authorship: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Her argument goes that since all nymphs are blonde, the VM was likely made in an area where many blonde people lived. The blondness of the VM is a strong argument against an Italian origin, according to her. This assumption is naive, and ignores the artistic convention of depicting (young) people (especially women) with blond hair, especially when they are not portraits of literal people.
Italian manuscripts with lots of blond women that I found in one minute on Pinterest:
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Several Balneis MS, like You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. made in Naples (most of the men are also blonde)
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Who knew de ' Grassi was a Swede?
Her argument goes that since all nymphs are blonde, the VM was likely made in an area where many blonde people lived. The blondness of the VM is a strong argument against an Italian origin, according to her. This assumption is naive, and ignores the artistic convention of depicting (young) people (especially women) with blond hair, especially when they are not portraits of literal people.
Italian manuscripts with lots of blond women that I found in one minute on Pinterest:
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Several Balneis MS, like You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. made in Naples (most of the men are also blonde)
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Who knew de ' Grassi was a Swede?