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Virtue and Beauty by David Brown |
| In Florence, in
the later half of the 15th century, there was an extraordinary flowering
of portraiture, including a great many of women. This large book
(it didn't quite all fit on the scanner) is the catalog for an exhibit
at the National Gallery which traces how humanist thought and praise of
women influenced their depiction.
While this may sound as though it will be of interest only to art historians, those interested in the lives of women in the Italian Renaissance will find much of interest here. Those with an interest in women's costume during the Renaissance (a subject about which there is almost nothing currently in print) will be interested, not only in the short article included on the subject, but with the many samples of different dress that are portrayed. Although many of the pictures are well known and often reproduced, they are seldom shown this large, allowing many details to be discerned. There are also a number of less famous works included that would be unfamiliar to most. $55.00 (hardcover) |
