1st Edition
Netherlandish and Italian Female Portraiture in the Fifteenth Century Gender, Identity, and the Tradition of Power
By Elisabetta Toreno
Copyright 2023
364 Pages
by
Routledge
364 Pages
by
Routledge
364 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book investigates the aesthetic and conceptual characteristics of fifteenth-century female portraiture on panel. Portraits of women increased substantially during this century. They formed part of a material and a visual culture borne out of the rapid rise of an oligarchy from entrepreneurial activities that was especially advanced in the urbanised territories of Italy and Flanders. For this... Read more
Table of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. The Cultural Background of Female Portraiture, 2. Women in Marriage Portraiture, 3. Women in Profile Portraiture, 4. Netherlandish Female Portraiture in Context, 5. Netherlandish or Not Netherlandish? Is That the Question?, 6. Fifteenth-Century Venice: Performing Imaging, Conclusions, Appendix, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Elisabetta Toreno is Lecturer and scholar in Art & Cultural History and in Philosophy of Art. She teaches at the Open University and has affiliations with the University of Glasgow and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
