Magazine article from our research archive:
|
|
Attributing influence: the problem of female patronage in fifteenth-century Florence.
- Article from:
-
The Art Bulletin
- Article date:
-
March 1, 2008
- Author:
-
|
Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 College Art Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Among the Florentine Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale's broad holdings of fifteenth-century illuminated manuscripts is a small, striking codex catalogued as BNCF, Magliabechiano VII, 49. Its sole text is a Lombard Vita di San Giovanni Battista dedicated to Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan between 1412 and 1447, although the embossed circles of the original leather binding herald Medici patronage, and the palle, or balls, of Florence's ruling family reappear in a coat of arms on the manuscript's splendid frontispiece (Figs. 1-3). (1) The masterful illumination of this page, composed of a historiated initial set within a swirling vine-stem frieze inhabited by playful putti and ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
India: Women of UP, Unite!
Women's Feature Service;
July 5, 2007 ;
700+ words
...Lucknow, (Women's Feature Service) - Political skirmishes...not include the approximately 78 million women of the state. As political parties floated...promises were few and far between for the women of UP. The manifestoes had conveniently...
|
|
Women in politics: forms and processes. (India)
WIN News;
June 22, 1994 ;
700+ words
...CONTENTS: Women's Participation in Policy and Decision Making Process: Need for a Network // Women and Political Participation // Issues in Women's Political Participation // Women's Participation in Policy Making - a Note // Participation of Women...
|
|
International Women's Day.(Brief Article)
Pravahini-WERC News Letter;
June 1, 2001 ;
700+ words
...International Women's Day celebrated each year on March 8, remains as a vibrant day in the women's calendar. Women's organisations have continued their struggle against the many aspects of women's lives that still keep them burdened with problems...
|
|
WOMEN MAKE SOME PROGRESS UNDER IRANIAN REVOLUTION
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs;
June 1, 1998 ;
700+ words
...WOMEN MAKE SOME PROGRESS UNDER IRANIAN REVOLUTION "Every time we talk about women from the Middle East, we get this image of this veiled, passive...Northeastern University, said during an April 19 lecture, "Women, Politics and Social Change in Iran," held at Northeastern...
|
|
Beyond Isabella: Secular Women Patrons of Art in Renaissance Italy....
Renaissance Quarterly;
September 22, 2002 ;
700+ words
......eds., Beyond Isabella: Secular Women Patrons of Art in Renaissance...evidence for the activity of secular women in the production and reception...question traditional stereotypes of female patronage and reconceptualizing art patronage...a new approach to the study of female secular patrons. ...
|
|
Nepal: 'Our Leaders Want Weak Women'
Women's Feature Service;
September 12, 2006 ;
700+ words
...Women's Feature Service 940 words Kathmandu, (Women's Feature Service) - Women played a major role in Nepal's 'Rhododendron Revolution' (named after the ubiquitous rhododendron - to signify...
|
|
Women's Studies: A Model for a Specialty in Women's Health
Transformations;
September 30, 2000 ;
700+ words
...Women's Studies: A Model for a Specialty in Women's Health Barely more than two decades old, Women's Studies has held the status in academia of an emerging field. Because of its political connections...
|
|
Halifax conference looks at women's place in university
University Affairs;
April 1, 2007 ;
700+ words
...Women's representation, the future of women's studies and leadership were among the wide range of topics presented at the international conference The future of women's studies and of women's postsecondary education were prominent...
|
|
Women essential to rebuilding Iraq
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
April 20, 2003 ;
700+ words
...Women essential to rebuilding Iraq By NOELEEN HEYZER Sunday, April 20, 2003 As groups of Iraqi people meet to...compromise, amid the divisive complexities of Iraqi society, is to ensure the extensive participation of women. Indeed, the perspectives of women offer the best promise of meaningful ...
|
|
Women use networking power.(Metropolitan Times)(Life Times)
The Washington Times;
February 18, 1997 ;
700+ words
...Women's networks go back as far as quilting bees and sewing circles, but leave it to Washington women worker bees to turn a women's group with no special focus into a national organization. Women of Washington (WW), a 5-year-old, nonprofit...
|
|
Women in Management.(Brief Article)
Public Personnel Management;
March 22, 1999 ;
700+ words
...Women have only recently begun to join the ranks of managers in large numbers. The emergence of women into the work force has precipitated many discussions. This paper discusses some of the major issues surrounding women in management and proposes some organizational and individual...
|
|
Women--deconstructed but still here.(Women's Studies for the Future:...
The Women's Review of Books;
July 1, 2006 ;
700+ words
...Women's Studies for the Future: Foundations, Interrogations, Politics...Elizabeth Kennedy, an established author and senior scholar in women's studies, and Agatha Beins, a graduate student in the field...problems that drive contemporary scholarship and pedagogy in women's studies in the United States. They ...
|
|
Writing women into the curriculum.
Social Education;
May 1, 2003 ;
700+ words
...TEACHING WOMEN'S HISTORY is still emphasized more at the...decades. (1) The major obstacles to teaching women's history at the elementary and secondary...experts in recent years have suggested that women's history should be integrated into the...
|
|
Women's Declaration on Population Policies.
WIN News;
June 22, 1994 ;
700+ words
...WOMEN'S VOICES 1994: FOR YOUR SIGNATURE ! INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S HEALTH COALITION, 24 East 21st St., New York, NY 10010 USA In September 1992, women's health advocates representing women's networks in Asia...
|
|
Women, Work and Domestic Virtue in Uganda, 1900-2003
African Studies Review;
April 1, 2008 ;
700+ words
...WOMEN AND GENDER Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo and Marjorie Keniston Mcintosh. Women, Work and Domestic Virtue in Uganda, 1900-2003. Athens: Ohio...rather their contribution to the social history of Ugandan women. The authors are very interested in their idea of a shared...
|
See all results.
Or, try our
Advanced Search.
|