08-11-2021, 08:49 PM
If female illuminators are 25%, then female authors were probably less. So 25% is 3 to 1, then it's 4 to 1, or 5 to 1, or even less than that. Perhaps these VMs illustrations were partly drawn by a female artist. And then there are scribes and the author.
Even at 5 to 1, Pizan is the one. Who are the other five?
The VMs is a unique item, its source will also be unique.
More important than gender would be the artist's sense of humor. Whether male or female there are several examples of illustrations that make use a sort of sophisticated disguise through the use of combined images in the cosmos, the mermaid, the Golden Fleece and other tricks, intentional ambiguity, in White Aries. Why would deception be employed?
The artist has used certain tricks, yet also follows certain rules. If we learn the tricks and follow the rules, and know the history that is relevant to the early 1400s, esp. the 2nd quarter, then some bits of VMs impenetrability might be better resolved.
Even at 5 to 1, Pizan is the one. Who are the other five?
The VMs is a unique item, its source will also be unique.
More important than gender would be the artist's sense of humor. Whether male or female there are several examples of illustrations that make use a sort of sophisticated disguise through the use of combined images in the cosmos, the mermaid, the Golden Fleece and other tricks, intentional ambiguity, in White Aries. Why would deception be employed?
The artist has used certain tricks, yet also follows certain rules. If we learn the tricks and follow the rules, and know the history that is relevant to the early 1400s, esp. the 2nd quarter, then some bits of VMs impenetrability might be better resolved.