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An enigmatic bodegon : discovering a possible identity of Murillo's two women at a window.
Title:
An enigmatic bodegon : discovering a possible identity of Murillo's two women at a window.
Author:
Bina, April.
ISBN:
9780438307810
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Publication Information:
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018
Physical Description:
1 onl ine resource (63 p.)
General Note:
Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 58-01.
Adviser: Tanya J. Tiffany.
Abstract:
For decades, the identity of the two women depicted in Bartolome Esteban Murillo's Two Women at a Window has been unknown. Theories range from innocent flirtatious girls, to domestic servants, to prostitutes; I argue for the latter. Little has been done by scholars to prove that the two women are in fact representations of amorous women. In this thesis, I examine a plethora of sources including early modern moralist texts, current scholarship, and contemporaneous seventeenth century visuals. I argue that these two women are representations of Spanish prostitutes, sexually charged literary characters, or both, based largely on patronage, Netherlandish connections, and costume. For the first time, an in-depth analysis of Two Women at a Window will help to prove my argument.
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School code: 0263.
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Thesis Note:
Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 2018.
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