The Donne Illustre visual and literary traditions in Quattrocento Italy with special reference to Tuscany and the courts of Mantua and Ferrara
In the second half of the fifteenth century, representations of female worthies from classical lore began to appear on Italian furniture and wall paintings as well as on tapestries, porcelain and in prints. The women portrayed in these images were celebrated for possessing such virtues as patriotic...
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University of Cambridge
2000
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