1. What is the Feminine Ideal?
The Concept of the Feminine Ideal throughout Time and Culture

2. What was the FEMININE IDEAL during the Middle Ages?
Europe

3. Rottgen Pieta
Rottgen Pieta
NOTE: You may find it interesting to compare this pieta with others, such as Michelangelo’s.

4. The vision of Hildegard of Bingen
NOTE: pay particular attention to the story of Hildegard in addition to how that story is portrayed.

5. The Arthurian Legends
Queen Guinevere
Morgan Le Fay

6. Women in the Bible
NOTE: Consider at least 3-5 women.

7. From Belles Heures - Limbourg Brothers
NOTE: You may want to view several pages
of this Medeival text.

8. Jeanne d’Evreux Book of Hours
NOTE: Consider not just the subject matter of the artwork but its patronage

9. The Canterbury Tales
NOTE: Pay particular attention to The Wife of Bath – how she is portrayed in the Prologue and story she tells.