Crafting a Legacy
Artists and Female Patronage in Early Modern Europe
Edited by Noelia García Pérez
This collection of essays delves into a vital yet often overlooked aspect of female art patronage, uncovering the profound and transformative relationships these remarkable women cultivated with the artists they supported.
The women whose lives and artistic patronage are explored in this volume provide a rich and representative sample of the diverse models of female authority in some of the most prominent early modern European courts. The collection offers a wide-ranging analysis of the intricate relationship between art and power, and the special relationships women in power forged with certain artists, which often transcended the practical and economic aspects of patronage. From sovereigns such as Elizabeth I and Isabel Clara Eugenia, to consorts such as Claude de France or Leonor de Toledo, and governors and regents such as Mary of Hungary and Catherine of Austria, these female patrons used their patronage not only to craft their own identities as powerful, political figures , but also to launch major artistic projects that went beyond the aesthetic considerations, addressing critical political, dynastic, spiritual, and representational concerns and often having a decisive impact on the artists’ careers. These studies demonstrate that women’s art patronage of painters, sculptors or architects was not merely a question of mutual support, but also a dynamic force that influenced identity and power, and left an important and enduring imprint on European history.
- Edited by Noelia García Pérez
Other Titles in this Series
Lectures italiennes dans les pays wallons a la premiere modernite (1500 – 1630)
avec des appendices sur les livres en langue italienne et sur les traductions de l'italien en francais
Volume 16
Les enfants de Cain
les representations du criminel en France et en Italie, de la Renaissance au debut du XXe siecle
Volume 20
Eglise et Etat. Les clerges de cour en Europe (fin XVe siecle-XVIIIe siecle)
Service religieux et service politique dans les systemes curiaux
Volume 41
Philibert De l’Orme (1514-1570). Un architecte dans l’histoire
Arts - Sciences - Techniques
Volume 17
Voir l’au-dela. L’experience visionnaire et sa representation dans l’art italien de la Renaissance
Volume 22
Donne interpreti della Bibbia nell’Italia della prima eta moderna
Comunita ermeneutiche e riscritture
Volume 33
Pensee et ecritures feminines en Europe au debut de la modernite
Pensiero e scritture femminili in Europa all'inizio della modernita
Volume 43
L’apprentissage de Rome a la Renaissance
Officiers a l'ombre de la Curie (XVe-XVIIe siecles)
Volume 35
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