Sofonisba's lesson : a Renaissance artist and her work
Michael Wayne Cole (Author)
"Within a span of seven or eight years in the 1550s, the Italian painter Sofonisba Anguissola produced more self-portraits than any known painter before her had in a lifetime. She was the first known artist in history to take her parents and siblings as primary subject matter, and may have painted the first group portrait featuring only women. Cole examines Sofonisba's paintings as expressions of her relationships and networks, looking at why Sofonisba was able to become a great woman artist: at her father, who decided to allow her to be educated as a painter; at her teacher, Bernardino Campi; and at her relationships with her students, sisters, and patrons, who included the Queen of Spain. Cole demonstrates that Sofonisba made teaching and education a central theme of her painting. The book also provides the first complete catalogue of all of Sofonisba's known works"-- Provided by publisher
Print Book, English, 2019
Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2019
catalogs (documents)
307 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
9780691198323, 0691198322
1108816930
"In the presence of her father"
"The most affectionate disciple"
The image of learnedness
The image of teaching
Spain
Painting and the education of daughters
English