General & Miscellaneous Renaissance Art, Italian Art, Art Collecting & Patronage, Women & Art
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Overview
This is a pioneering study of the commissioning powers of a large group of Italian laywomen. In a sequence of case-studies, Catherine E. King surveys the kinds of art and architecture which these laywomen could commission, and by probing how far female patrons could express any non-conformist views or play unexpected roles in their art, she builds up a picture of the legal, social, financial and spiritual factors which made it possible for women to act as patrons in this society. In considering the long time span from the fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth century, King contributes to the larger debate surrounding the Renaissance that Italian women could create and enjoy.
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King (art history, Open University) examines the ways and means Italian women commissioned art during the Renaissance. By working from inscriptions, portraits, handbooks, contracts and wills, she moves the focus away from the court elites to previously ignored groups--wives, widows, and sororities. Distributed by St. Martins. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
July 23, 1998
Publisher
Manchester ; Manchester University Press ; 1998.
Pages
288
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780719052897