Defining the Renaissance Virtuosa
Subtitle: Women Artists and the Language of Art History and Criticism
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 13, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780521664967
Subjects: Renaissance art; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; Sociology; 15th-16th Century Art; Women And Art; Art; Art & Art Instruction; Social Science; Italy; Criticism; History - Renaissance; Women's Studies - History; Feminism and art--Italy; Social Science / Gender Studies; European; Women's Studies - General
First sentence: A COLLAGE of voices, past and present, informs us that "the woman of the Renaissance is many women - mother, daughter, widow; warrior, manager, servant; nun, heretic, saint, witch; queen, martyr, seeker."