marianne stokes, women's worth

http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/sandamichaela-1289667-marianne-stokes-2/

Marianne Stokes the Pre-Raphaelite movement

Marianne Stokes (1855-1927)

Marianne Stokes (1855 Graz – 1927 London), born Marianne Preindlsberger in the Austrian province of Styria, was an Austrian painter. She settled in England after her marriage to Adrian Scott Stokes (1854-1935), the landscape painter, whom she had met in Pont-Aven. Marianne Stokes was considered one of the leading artists in Victorian England. As a member of the Royal Academy, Stokes exhibited her paintings, such as Aucassin and Nicollette, and they were met with much love and admiration, both for their appeal and Stokes s devotion to the rustic genre style, no matter the subject.

The tapestry Ehret die Frauen was inspired by a quotation from Schiller's 1796 poem, 'Wurde der Frauen' (Women's Worth) which appears in the upper border: 'honour the women, they broid and weave heavenly roses into earthly life'. Below the figures are labelled left to right: Courage, Caring, Love, Wisdom and Fidelity. The original hangs in the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. The tapestry itself represents five different aspects of the virtues of womanhood. The women featured from left to right are Schutz (Protection or Courage), Pflege (Nurture), Liebe (Love), Wissen (Wisdom) and Treue (Fidelity). The Schiller verse in full Ehret die frauen sie flechten und meben, himmlische rosen ins irdische leben (Honour the women, they braid and weave heavenly roses into earthly life), is written within the border of the tapestry. The English translation seems to differ a little from person to person, but the general implication seems to be the same.

84 85

Designed by artist Marianne Stokes this tapestry was woven by John Martin and Gordon Berry, Morris & Co, Merton Abbey in 1912

Marianne Stokes - Morris & co 1912 Women's Worth tapestry, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

Courage Caring Love Wisdom Fidelity

The Death of Tristram, 1902A

Melisande (1895-1898)Wallraf-Richartz Museum Cologne

Aucassin and NicolettePrivate collection

Aucassin et Nicolette (12th or 13th C) is an anonymous medieval French chantefable, or combination of prose and verse (literally, a "sung story“)

St Elizabeth of Hungary Spinning for the Poor, 1895Private collection

Death and the MaidenMusée d'Orsay París.

The Queen and the Page (1896)

Saint Elizabeth Working for the Poor, c.1920 Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

The Princess on Glass Mountain. An illustration for Grimm's Fairy Tales.

Devaki, mother of Krishna

Candlemas Day, circa 1901Tate Britain, London

A devout brother of the order of St. Francis

The Annunciation

An Angel Private collection

Angels Entertaining the Holy Child by Marianne Stokes

Madonna and child

Madonna of the Fir TreeMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

Madonna and childWolverhampton Museum and Art Gallery

Sound: Ngro spirituals - Martina Arroyo

Pictures: InternetCopyright: All the images belong to their authors

Arangement: Sanda Foişoreanuwww.slideshare.net/michaelasanda