Caterina Sforza and the Art of Appearances

Caterina Sforza and the Art of Appearances

Gender, Art and Culture in Early Modern Italy

Zanger, Professor Abby; Vries, Joyce de; Poska, Professor Allyson M.

Taylor & Francis Ltd

05/2010

322

Dura

Inglês

9780754667513

15 a 20 dias

Caterina Sforza (1463-1509) commissioned elaborate artistic and architectural works, and collected a dazzling array of clothing, jewelry, and household goods. This book investigates Sforza's cultural endeavors, and explores the ways in which gender, culture, and consumption practices were central to the invention of the self in early modern Italy.
Contents: Introduction; Creating a spectacle; Building magnificence; Splendor in the princely court; The cultivation of mind and spirit; The political afterlife of Caterina Sforza; Bibliography; Index.
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