Art by Women in Florence
Art by Women in Florence: A Guide through Five Hundred Years is a 2012 book written by
Florence's museums showcasing over eighty paintings and sculptures by more than sixty women artists.[1][2]
Proceeds derived from Art by Women in Florence support projects sponsored by the Advancing Women Artists Foundation in their work to research, restore, and exhibit artwork by women in Florence's museums and storehouses.[3]
Description
Art by Women in Florence: A Guide through Five Hundred Years is divided into eight sections, including a brief segment on unexhibited paintings, and provides a fold-out map of Florence delineating twenty locations housing viewable artwork.[3] (See full list below.)
The book points to a number of religious paintings in Florence's churches including works by
Medici villas hosting works by numerous women including Lavinia Fontana, the first female painter to receive a public commission in Italy, and seventeenth-century court artist Giovanna Fratellini.[3]
Locations listed on the Map
- Santa Maria del Fiore(the Duomo)
- Casa Buonarroti
- Santa Croce
- Uffizi Gallery
- Print and Drawings Collection
- Vasari Corridor
- Palatine Gallery
- Gallery of Modern Art
- Silver Museum
- Gabinetto S. L. G. P. Viesseux
- Santa Maria del Carmine
- Santa Maria Novella
- Proc. Gen. Repubblica
- Oblate Gallery
- Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi
- Accademia Gallery
- Marucelliana Library
- San Marco Museum
- Innocenti Museum
- S. Salvi Museum
References
- ISBN 978-88-97696-01-8.
- ^ "Art by Women in Florence". The Florentine Press. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ a b c "Art by Women in Florence: A Guide through Five Hundred Years". Advancing Women Artists Foundation. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.