Mariken van Nieumeghen by prutzworks

Photography • Historical • posted on Jul 04, 2013

Open full image in new tab Zoom on image

Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.

Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.

No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.

Description

Mariken van Nieumeghen is a late medieval Dutch text from the early 16th century. The protagonist of the play spends seven years with the devil, after which she is miraculously released. The oldest edition dates from 1515 and was printed by Willem Vorsterman; linguistic evidence suggests it was written by a poet from an Antwerp chamber of rhetoric. Like the fourteenth-century Beatrijs, the story involves a beautiful young woman who is seduced, but unlike that poem Mariken has a lively, "Burgundian" style in often lower-class language, as opposed to the courtly elegance of the Beatrijs. Though the story is often called a miracle play, Dirk Coigneau, in his 2002 edition, argues that the story was not intended as a drama; he likens its organization (the text is separated into sections where verse dialogues are preceded by prose introductions) to that of a prose novel. (Wikipedia) Marketplace Nijmegen the Netherlands postworked in lightroom and photoshop (colorconversion, grain and vignet) thanks for viewing and comments zoom recommended