Though portraits of old women mediate cultural preoccupations just as effectively as those of younger women; the scant published research on images of older women belies their significance within early modern Italy. This study examines the remarkable flowering; largely overlooked in portraiture scholarship to date; of portraits of old women in Northern Italy and especially Bologna during the second half of the sixteenth century; when; as a result of religious reform; the lives of women and the family came under increasing scrutiny. Old Women and Art in the Early Modern Italian Domestic Interior draws on a wide range of primary visual sources; including portraits; religious images; architectural views; prints and drawings; as well as extant palazzi and case; furnishings; and domestic objects created by the leading artists in Bologna; including Lavinia Fontana; Bartolomeo Passerotti; Denys Calvaert; and the Carracci. The study also draws on an array of historical sources - including sixteenth-century theories of portraiture; prescriptive writings on women and the family; philosophical and practical treatises on the home economy; sumptuary legislation; books of secrets; prescriptive writings on old age; and household inventories - to provide new historical perspectives on the domestic life of the propertied classes in Bologna during the period. Author Erin Campbell contends that these images of unidentified women are not only crucial to our understanding of the cultural operations of art within the early modern world; but also; by working from the margins to revise the center; provide an opportunity to present new conceptual frameworks and question our assumptions about old age; portraiture; and the domestic interior.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Love this bookBy Kasey Katherine MazzaraThis book is very resourceful. Great drawings. lots of information. so many different florals and great how to dorsquo;s. Love the book great illustrations.7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. By far the best book Ive found on painting with gouache.By Kindle #34;The Dragon#34; Customer. BUFFALO NYI found this an excellent guide for me. a beginner with both gouache and botanical illustration. but of intermediate experience with traditional watercolor (painting).The author is definitely talented enough to write a book on the subject; the book contains many. many of his works and they are exquisite. I learned a lot of things. such as the excellent reference for Fabriano Pittura paper and the basics to using gouache: Ive been using it far to thick. I learned use more water. more layers and let each layer completely dry before adding more paint.I think the only negative to this book was that the author tried to demonstrate too wide a variety of plants. Id have preferred less examples and more specific instructions and detail on the painting of certain plants. Nonetheless. its by far the best guide on botanical painting using gouache that Ive found to date.0 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Not professional contentBy KabessaPoor content. Bad illustrations.I really dont recommend.
