Echoes of Women''s Voices - Music, Art, and Female Patronage in Early Modern Florence

Through commissions, patrons sought to promote a vision of the world and their place in it. The unique social norms, laws, educational backgrounds, and life experiences of female patrons meant the expression of a worldview that differed significantly from that of their male counterparts. Joining exceptional archival research with telling analysis of significant examples of music, art, and drama, Kelley Harness challenges the prevailing view that Florence saw a political and artistic decline during this period. She argues convincingly that the female domination of these years brought forth artistic patronage that was both continuous and well-conceived. Zusammenfassung She argues convincingly that the female domination of these years brought forth artistic patronage that was both continuous and well- conceived.

Product details

• Authors: Kelley Harness, Harness Kelley
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2006
• EAN: 9780226316598
• ISBN: 978-0-226-31659-8
• No. of pages: 408
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; European History, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, ART / European, ART / Business Aspects, Italy, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Mannerism, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, Art: Financial Aspects, Art & Design Styles: Mannerism