This is the first book which gives a general overview of women as subject-matter in Italian Renaissance painting. It presents a view of the interaction between

Tinagli looks at the interaction between artist and patron, and at the function of these paintings in Italian society of the 15th and 16th centuries. Using lett

A new account of the birth of the West through its birthplace--Renaissance Italy The period between 1492--resonant for a number of reasons--and 1571, when the O

Who were the secular female patrons of art and architecture in Renaissance Italy beyond Isabella d’Este? This volume brings together fourteen essays which exa

"Many famous artworks of the Italian Renaissance were made to celebrate love, marriage, and family. They were the pinnacles of a tradition, dating from early in