Women at Work: Gender, Labour, and Creativity in Premodern European Art

This course is about women who worked in Premodern Europe from artists to midwives; authors to sex workers. It critically considers how certain forms of bodily labour and creative practice become gendered as 'women's work' We will study both the representation of women labouring in art and the ways medieval women asserted their authorship and authority when at work. This course addresses a diversity of mediums across art, visual and material culture including manuscript illumination, mixed-media sculpture and textiles.

Credit Level: 10 Year taken: Year 3 Undergraduate SCQF Credits: 20