Wilson, Jean. "Queen Elizabeth I as Urania." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 69 (2006): 151-173 . Print.
Well, we can all tell what I have been doing over break: research.
Mary Wroth's "Urania", which I referred to in my presentation, was the architectural piece that hints at the differences between female and male interests and patterns of thinking. While men are often consumed with the ideas that deal with worldly and outside matters, females are concerned with the self and the near surroundings (according to the text). In the JSTOR article "Elizabeth as Urania," the speaker talks about her presence in architecture during that time, almost to infer that her legacy exists beyond the self and more in the outside world. One excerpt tells about the sphere (one example of architecture) as "exemplifying the relationship between Elizabeth and her courtiers--'one of the satellites orbiting a heavenly body in perfect harmony" (162). Because my paper does not include much of this architectural evidence of her legacy thus far, I found this sections greatly intriguing.
--Alexa
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