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Defining the Renaissance Virtuosa
Women Artists and the Language of Art History and Criticism
by Fredrika H. Jacobs
ISBN: 0521572703
ISBN-13: 9780521572705
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Published date: 1997
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.5 pounds
Pages: 229
Publisher's Notes
Defining the Renaissance Virtuosa considers the language of art in relationship to the issues of gender difference through an examination of art criticism written between 1550 and 1800 on approximately forty women artists who were active in Renaissance Italy. Fredrika Jacobs demonstrates how these theoretical writings defined women artists, by linking artistic creation and biological procreation. Jacobs' study shows how deeply the biases of these early critics have inflected both subsequent reception of these Renaissance virtuose, as well as modern scholarship.
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