Research Catalog

Title

Plautilla Nelli, 1523-1588 : the painter-prioress of Renaissance Florence / edited by Jonathan K. Nelson.

Publication

Florence, Italy : Syracuse University in Florence, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

Nelson, Jonathan K.

Description

xv, 210 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 23 cm.

Series Statement

Villa Rossa series ; 4

Uniform Title

Villa Rossa series ; 4.

Subject

• Nelli, Plautilla, suor, 1523-1588 > Criticism and interpretation
• Women painters > Florence > Biography

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-150) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Nun's stories : Plautilla Nelli, Madre Pittora, and her Compagne in the convent of Santa Caterina da Siena / Catherine Turrill -- The artistic training and Savonarolan ideas of Plautilla Nelli / Andrea Muzzi -- Plautilla Nelli's role in Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the painters (1568) and Serafino Razzi's History of illustrious men (1596) / Sally Quin -- The history, sources, and restoration of Plautilla Nelli's Lamentation / Magnolia Scudieri -- The restoration report of Plautilla Nelli's Lamentation / Rossella Lari and Magnolia Scudieri -- The Dominican audience of Plautilla Nelli's Last supper / Ann Roberts -- The Last suppers of Dan Brown, Leonardo da Vinci, and Plautilla Nelli / Cristina Acidini -- In the shadow of the friar : the Uffizi drawings attributed to Plautilla Nelli / Marzia Faietti -- Paintings attributed to Plautilla Nelli / Catherine Turrill -- Sixteenth-century sources on Plautilla Nelli.

ISBN

• 9788895250038
• 8895250036

OCLC

• 225870835
• SCSB-9941517

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library