Women Artists, Their Patrons, and Their Publics in Early Modern Bologna, Hardback/Babette Bohn

Examines sixty-eight women artists in early modern Bologna, revealing how they obtained public commissions and expanded beyond the portrait subjects to which women were traditionally confined. Uses new methodological models for considering gender and art in early modern Italy. Illustrations: 81 Halftones, color; 60 Halftones, black and white