Research Catalog

Title

The ladies of art : stories of women in the 16th and 17th centuries / edited and curated by Annamaria Bava, Gioia Mori, Alain Tapié.

Publication

• Milano, Italy : Skira Editore, [2021]
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bava, Anna Maria
• Mori, Gioia, 1956-
• Tapié, Alain
• Palazzo reale di Milano, host institution.
• Skira (Firm), publisher.

Description

368 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm

Summary

• "This volume spotlights the art and lives of 34 Italian women artists of the 16th and 17th centuries, beginning with Artemisia Gentileschi--the first woman artist to question gender prejudices--and followed by Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, Fede Galizia and Marietta Robusti, among others. Presenting more than 130 works, the volume champions the artistic mastery of the painters, tracing their formal accomplishments and progressive visions. The Ladies of Art also chronicles the artists' extraordinary lives, accounting for the tremendous obstacles they faced in a world hostile to women's professional affirmation and recognition. Although these women varied considerably in style, they were united by their commitment--whether explicit or implicit--to challenging prejudices and dismantling restricting clichés through their chosen vehicle of expression."--
• "A great deal has been written about sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italian painting, but the female artists of that period have all too often been overshadowed. The exhibition at Palazzo Reale in Milan and the accompanying catalogue shine a light on these artists and their stories, as well as the role they played in the society of their time, which enabled a number of them to establish their reputations at the great international courts. These extraordinary women, who succeeded in overcoming restrictive social stereotypes, have yet to receive the attention they deserve."--

Subject

• 1500-1699
• Painting, Italian > 16th century > Exhibitions
• Painting, Italian > 17th century > Exhibitions
• Women artists > Italy > History > 16th century > Exhibitions
• Women artists > Italy > History > 17th century > Exhibitions
• Women artists > Italy > 16th century > Biography
• Women artists > Italy > 17th century > Biography
• Women artists
• Painting, Italian
• Italy

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• Biographies.
• History.

Note

• Published on the occasion of the exhibition "The Ladies of Art: Stories of Women in the 16th and 17th Centuries" : March 2-July 25, 2021, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references

Language (note)

• Text in English, with sections translated from the original Italian.

Contents

If Pablo had been Pablita : Italian women artists of the Renaissance and Baroque eras, fact and fiction / Gioia Mori -- The ladies of Baroque between portrait and self-portrait : the transgression of genres / Alain Tapié -- Giovanna Garzoni in Turin / Annamaria Bava -- A reading of images through diagnostic analysis : the portraits of Dukes Emmanuel Philibert and Charles Emmanuel I / Marco Gargagano, Matteo Interlenghi, Tiziana Cavaleri, Christian Salvtore and Isabella Castiglioni -- Artworks in exhibition. Vasari's female artists ; Artists in the convent ; Family stories ; The academics ; Artemisia Gentileschi 'that most talented of female painters' -- Catalogue of Artworks -- Bibliography.

Call Number

JQF 22-1933

ISBN

• 9788857246826
• 8857246825

OCLC

1342603016

Title

The ladies of art : stories of women in the 16th and 17th centuries / edited and curated by Annamaria Bava, Gioia Mori, Alain Tapié.

Publisher

Milano, Italy : Skira Editore, [2021]

Copyright Date

©2021

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references

Language

Text in English, with sections translated from the original Italian.

Chronological Term

1500-1699

Added Author

Bava, Anna Maria, editor, curator, author.

Mori, Gioia, 1956- editor, curator, author.

Tapié, Alain, editor, curator, author.

Palazzo reale di Milano, host institution.

Skira (Firm), publisher.

Research Call Number

JQF 22-1933