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RENAISSANCE WOMEN
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0719052890 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780719052897 |
| Publisher: |
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 July, 1998 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
A study of the commissioning powers of a large group of Italian laywomen, surveying the kinds of art and architecture they could commission. By probing how far female patrons could express any non-conformist views or play unexpected roles in their art, she builds up a picture of the factors which made it possible for women to act as patrons. |
| Synopsis: |
A study of the commissioning powers of a large group of Italian laywomen. In a sequence of case studies, the text surveys the kinds of art and architecture which these laywomen could commission, and by probing how far female patrons could express any non-conformist views or play unexpected roles in their art, it builds up a picture of the legal, social, financial and spiritual factors which made it possible for women to act as patrons in this society. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Manchester University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |