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April 10, 2013 – 7:00 am | 4 Comments

It seems cliché to speak of reawakening after a long Winter, but with the amount of rain we got this year, putting England to shame, even a slight glimpse of Spring is extremely welcome. Easter came early this year and for a few hours on Sunday morning here in Maremma, the skies cleared, the sun …

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Women and Art bibliography

February 14, 2011 – 10:12 am | 2 Comments
Women and Art bibliography

In 2009 I taught a course called “Women and Art in Early Modern Italy” and I realized that some of this material could be useful to researchers or students online. I’m writing up some reflections from the course for “Three Pipe Blog” (link forthcoming) and figured I’d donate the bibliography to the public here on …

Book review: Jane Fortune’s “Invisible Women” + win a copy!

December 11, 2009 – 11:11 pm | 5 Comments

Folks! my comprehensive book review of Jane Fortune’s “Invisible Women” is now online and in the paper! Read the article in The Florentine and see below to win your own copy!
Short summary: Invisible Women is an expression of love for the female artists of Florence’s past. Jane Fortune has dug through the archives of the …

Invitation to book presentation of “Invisible Women”

October 30, 2009 – 7:26 am | One Comment

The Florentine Press and author Jane Fortune invite you to the official presentation of Invisible Women at the Biblioteca degli Uffizi
Invisible Women: Forgotten Artists of Florence
November 6 Biblioteca degli Uffizi 5pm
You can RSVP via the invitation on facebook!