Transparence et obstacle: voiles et tissus diaphanes du Moyen Âge en Europe occidentale
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[1] Hunter College
Hunter College
Estados Unidos
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- Localización: Perspective: la revue de l'INHA : actualités de la recherche en histoire de l'art, ISSN 1777-7852, Nº. 1, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Textiles), págs. 155-162
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Resumen
Transparency and impediment: diaphanous veils and fabrics in the Western European Middle Ages.
Transparent fabrics became prevalent in women's clothing in fourteenth-century Europe and were increasingly present in illuminated manuscripts and paintings throughout the fifteenth century. They appear in subjects taken from mythological or courtly narratives and are most evident in religious images such as the Crucifixion, the Virgin and Child and depictions of saints. However, the discrepancy between this pictorial abundance and textual attestations, which are either limited or use different terminology, raises questions regarding the value and significance of these fabrics for the medieval culture. The author identifies the uses and lexical parameters of transparent fabrics in the Middle Ages and suggest avenues for interpreting the meaning of veils, barely veiled nudity and textile transparency in religius iconography.
