Caterina Sforza and the Art of Appearances: Gender, Art and Culture in Early Modern Italy

by Joyce de Vries

Book Overview

In the first major book in four decades on Caterina Sforza (1463-1509), Joyce de Vries investigates the famous noblewoman'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. Sforza commissioned elaborate artistic and architectural works, participated in splendid civic and religious rituals, and collected a dazzling array of clothing, jewelry,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754667510
• ISBN13: 9780754667513
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"