Virtuous Ladies and Melancholic "Geniuses": A Study of Gender-Based Creativity in Italy During the Early Modern Period
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2013-04-18
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Glenn, Laurie
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This thesis examines expressions of self-identity used by creative men and women in early modern Italy (ca. 1450-1650). Self-fashioning strategies were based upon contested notions of melancholy, genius, virtue and decorum which were profoundly influenced by ancient and medieval intellectual traditions ... .
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women artists, Italy, Renaissance, melancholy