Picturing Women in Renaissance and Baroque Italy

This volume considers pictured and picturing women in Renaissance and Baroque Italy as the subjects, creators, patrons, and viewers of art. Women's experiences and needs (perceived by women themselves or defined by men on their behalf) are seen as important determinants in the production and consumption of visual culture. By using a variety of approaches the contributors demonstrate the importance of adopting an interdisciplinary approach when studying women in Italy from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries.
This 1997 volume presents an interdisciplinary approach to the history of women and Renaissance and Baroque Italy.
'The essays are uniformly well-written ... ' Archiv für Reformationsgeeschichte
'... a very valuable contribution to an expanding field.' Paolo Tinagli, Burlington Magazine
'A thoughtful and impartial examination of the intertwined spheres of womanhood and art in their many and varied spheres and functions.' The Australian National Review