Caterina Sforza and the Art of Appearances: Gender, Art and Culture in Early Modern Italy

ISBN-13: 9781138254121 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 324 str.

Joyce De Vries

Opis

In the first major book in four decades on Caterina Sforza, Joyce de Vries presents a comprehensive study of the famous Italian noblewoman's cultural endeavors. De Vries explores Sforza's patronage, collecting, and participation in ritual practices, the complex connections between prescriptive literature and women's actions, and the mutability of Early Modern gender roles. The book also shows how Sforza's status as an exceptional woman developed in the centuries after her death.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Creating a spectacle; Building magnificence; Splendor in the princely court; The cultivation of mind and spirit; The political afterlife of Caterina Sforza; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Joyce de Vries is an Associate Professor of Art History at Auburn University, USA