Christine de Pizan was an author and intellectual and wasn't afraid to show the strength of women in the early 15th century.
France in the 15th century
Christine de Pizan was the first professional author and an important female role model from the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance.
Portraits of Christine de Pizan in The ...
This panel has one foot in the medieval tradition, but Christ’s body and the cleric’s face point to a new realism.
Enguerrand Quarton(?), Pietà of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
This is a creature so pure it can’t be caught—maybe that’s why the meaning of the tapestry eludes us.
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