Lavinia Fontana's mythological paintings
Subtitle: art, beauty, and wisdom
By: by Liana De Girolami Cheney
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publisher
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781527557000
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Art and mythology
Description: This volume investigates emblematic and art-historical issues in Lavinia Fontana's mythological paintings. Fontana is the first female painter of the sixteenth century in Italy to depict female nudes, as well as mythological and emblematic paintings associated with concepts of beauty and wisdom. Her paintings reveal an appropriation of the antique, a fusion between patronage and culture, and a humanistic pursuit of Mannerist conceits. Fontana's secular imagery provides a challenging paragone with the male tradition of history painting during the sixteenth century and paves the way for new subjects to be depicted and interpreted by female painters of the seventeenth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Intro; title: Dedication; title: Table of Contents; title: List of Illustrations; title: Acknowledgments; title: Preface; title: Chapter 1; title: Chapter 2; title: Chapter 3; title: Chapter 4; title: Chapter 5; title: Chapter 6; title: Chapter 7; title: Chapter 8; title: Coda; title: Selected Bibliography; title: Index; title: Colour Centrefold; title: Black and White Centrefold