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Renaissance/Baroque Art: Intro: Start Here

Meninas (Maids of Honor) by Diego Velazquez

 
1656-57 Museo del Prado, Madrid

Baroque References

Women's Issues

Defining the Renaissance virtuosa: women artists and the language of art history and criticism Arch/FA N 72 F45 J33

Wives, widows, mistresses, and nuns in early modern Italy : making the invisible visible through art and patronage.  Arch/FA N 5273 W58 2012   

 

Women & art : a history of women painters and sculptors from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Arch/FA N 43 F56 1978

Women artists, 1550-1950. Arch/FA REF N 6350 H35 1976
 
Women in Italian Renaissance art: gender, representation, identity. Arch/FA ND 1460 W65 T56 1997

Beginning Research...

Highlights from the Reference Collection....

Reference Help

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Techniques/Restoration

Cennini, Cennino, The craftsman’s handbook: the Italian "il Libro dell'arte." ND 1130 C3822
 
Herberts, Kurt. The complete book of artists' techniques. ND 1260 H463 1958

Thomas, Anabel. The painter's practice in Renaissance Tuscany. ND 619 T9 T53 1995 (Annex)