Women, art, and architecture in northern Italy, 1520-1580
Subtitle: negotiating power
By: Katherine McIver.
Series: Women and gender in the early modern world
Publisher: Ashgate; Ashgate Publishing
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Pallavicino family -- Art patronage.; Women art patrons -- Italy -- Parma and Piacenza (Duchy) -- History -- 16th century.; Art patronage -- Italy -- Parma and Piacenza (Duchy) -- History -- 16th century.
Description: "Expanding interdisciplinary investigations into gender and material culture, Katherine A. McIver here adds a new dimension to Renaissance patronage studies by considering domestic art - the decoration of the domestic interior - as opposed to patronage of the fine arts (painting, sculpture and architecture). Taking a multidimensional approach, McIver looks at women as collectors of precious material goods, as organizers of the early modern home, and as decorators of its interior.

By analyzing the inventories of women's possessions, McIver considers the wide range of domestic objects that women owned, such as painted and inlaid chests, painted wall panels, tapestries, fine fabrics for wall and bed hangings, and elaborate jewelry (pendant earrings, brooches, garlands for the hair, necklaces and rings) as well as personal devotional objects."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The women : the cast of characters; title: The renaissance palazzo as a public voice for women; title: The renaissance palazzo interior as a private voice for women; title: Domestic consumption : listening to women's private voice; title: Women, the church, and religious foundations.