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Article: Women seize the easels: the emergence of professional female artists in Italy is enthrallingly explored in an exhibition in Washington, DC.(Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque)(Book review)
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- July 1, 2007
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'Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque', National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, 16 March-15 July (+1 202 783 5000). Catalogue by Jordana Pomeroy, et al., ISBN 9788876249198 (paper), $42 (Skira and National Museum of Women in the Arts).
A lapdog with red earrings; strawberry plants embroidered on transparent linen; an enticingly naive mandrake; overripe figs; and the thrusting arm of Judith as she severs Holofernes's head are memorable images from this stimulating and ground-breaking exhibition. It brings together for the first rime a coherent and visually rich narrative of the emergence of professional female artists in Italy.
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