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The Pollaiuolo Brothers: The Arts of Florence and Rome
Wright, Alison. 2005. The Pollaiuolo Brothers: The Arts of Florence and Rome. New Haven: Yale University Press, 575. Publisher's Version Abstract
The lives of Antonio and Piero del Pollaiuolo -- The formation of the "maestro di disegno" and Antonio del Pollaiuolo's work as a goldsmith -- The earliest paintings and the "Labours of Hercules" -- The development of secular subjects -- Portraiture -- Design and invention -- The Florentine altarpieces -- Painting for the city -- Designing for the city -- Piero del Pollaiuolo : the later independent works -- Small scale bronzes -- The tomb of Sixtus IV -- The tomb of Innocent VIII -- The legacy of the Pollaiuolo brothers.
Lavinia Fontana: A Painter and Her Patrons in Sixteenth-Century Bologna
Murphy, Caroline. 2003. Lavinia Fontana: A Painter and Her Patrons in Sixteenth-Century Bologna. New Haven: Yale University Press, 236. Publisher's Version Abstract
Art and society in sixteenth-century Bologna -- The making of a woman artist -- Pictures for scholars, prelates, poets, and Bankers -- Gentildame et Honeste Matrone : representing the Bolognese noblewoman -- Laudomia Gozzadini and her Family portrait -- La vita vedovile : the art of widowhood -- Painting for the children of Bologna.

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