Sofonisba's lesson : a Renaissance artist and her work
Sofonisba Anguissola (ca. 1535–1625) was the daughter of minor Lombard aristocrats who made the unprecedented decision to have her trained as a painter outside the family house. She went on to serve as an instructor to Isabel of Valois, the young queen of Spain. Sofonisba’s Lesson sheds new light on...
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| Document Type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton ; Oxford
: Princeton University Press
, [2019]
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[Rezension von: Michael W. Cole, Sofonisba’s lesson, a Renaissance artist and her work] |
| Author Notes: | Michael W. Cole |
| Summary: | Sofonisba Anguissola (ca. 1535–1625) was the daughter of minor Lombard aristocrats who made the unprecedented decision to have her trained as a painter outside the family house. She went on to serve as an instructor to Isabel of Valois, the young queen of Spain. Sofonisba’s Lesson sheds new light on Sofonisba’s work, offering a major reassessment of a Renaissance painter who changed the image of women’s education in Europe―and who transformed Western attitudes about who could be an artist. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 274-300 |
| Physical Description: | 307 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780691198323 |
