Women Artists in Byzantium

Abstract

A large portion of the Byzantine artists' names have not survived, because of the small number of extant works and anonymity manners preventing the signature works. However, when the recognition of the work male artists' produce is even very difficult, some of the women artists have been able to achieve today with the works.

Despite all the restrictions of Byzantine patriarchal ideology, Byzantine women artists who produced the textile, copy books, literature, theatre, music and painting, revolted against the Byzantine ideology by producing works. Despite the low number of women artists, effective life stories are evidence determination and power of Byzantine women.

Keywords

• Artists in Byzantium,women artists,Thedora Raoulaina,Anna Komnena,Kassia

Bizans'ta Kadın Sanatçılar

Abstract

Bizans sanatından günümüze ulaşan eser sayısının azlığı, sanatçıların eserlerinin altına imzalarını atmalarını engelleyen anonim faaliyet inanışı; Bizanslı sanatçı isimlerinin büyük bir kısmının günümüze ulaşmasını neredeyse imkansız hale getirmiştir. Bununla birlikte; erkek sanatçıların bile eserleri ile anılmalarının çok zor olduğu bir toplumda, bazı kadın sanatçılar eserleri ile birlikte günümüze ulaşmayı başarmışlardır.

Tekstil, kitap kopyalama, edebiyat, gösteri sanatları, müzik ve resim sanatı gibi sanat dallarında ürün veren Bizanslı kadın sanatçılar, tüm kısıtlamalara rağmen eserlerini üreterek, kadınları evlerine hapseden ataerkil Bizans ideolojisine başkaldırmışlardır. Sayılarının az olmasına karşılık etkili hayat hikâyeleri Bizanslı kadınların azmini ve gücünü kanıtlar niteliktedir. 

Keywords

• Bizanslı sanatçılar,kadın sanatçılar,Thedora Raoulaina,Anna Komnena,Kassia

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