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Defining the Renaissance 'Virtuosa': Women Artists and the Language of Art History and Criticism Jacobs, Fredrika H. (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Defining the Renaissance 'Virtuosa': Women Artists and the Language of Art History and Criticism
Jacobs, Fredrika H. (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Defining the Renaissance 'Virtuosa' considers the language of art in relationship to issues of gender difference through an examination of art criticism written between 1550 and 1800 on approximately 40 women artists who were active in Renaissance Italy. Jacobs shows how the biases of these early critics have inflected reception of these virtuose.
244 pages, 32 b/w illus.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 13, 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521664967 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 246 |
| Dimensions | 228 × 152 × 18 mm · 470 g |
| Language | English |