Wives, Widows, Mistresses, and Nuns in Early Modern Italy: Making the Invisible Visible through Art and Patronage (Women and Gender in the Early Modern World) (Paperback)
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Description
By looking in a new way at works of art and acts of patronage, the volume restores to visibility some women who were previously invisible in the historical record, and offers a more nuanced understanding of the place of women and gender in early modern Italy.
About the Author
Katherine A. McIver is Professor of Art History at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.