{"id":611,"date":"2009-04-26T15:35:31","date_gmt":"2009-04-26T13:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/?p=611"},"modified":"2020-10-21T12:53:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T10:53:11","slug":"lavinia-fontana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/it\/lavinia-fontana\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavinia Fontana (female artist biographical film)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This video and article are part of the Female Artist biographical film project described here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Lavinia
Lavinia Fontana, Self Portrait in Studiolo, Vasari Corridor, Uffizi, Florence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Summary:<\/strong> Lavinia Fontana was born into an artistic and middle class family in Bologna<\/strong> in 1552. Her talent and promise as an artist was recognized early in her childhood, for while Lavinia had numerous brothers, her father Prospero, himself a successful artist in Bolognese society, understood that among his children, it was Lavinia who had inherited his skills as an artist. She is the first female artist to paint nude figures; and she may be one of the first female artists to train apprentices. Lavinia Fontana died in Rome in 1614. Through her unique education, talent, and artistic development, Lavinia Fontana was able to redefine perceptions of female artists, and the potential of a woman\u2019s success and greatness in Renaissance culture.<\/p>\n

Authors<\/strong>: Alexandra Goodman, Amy Smoler, Andrew Webster, Blair Hartman, Brenna Crothers<\/p>\n

Select Bibliography<\/strong>:
\n\u201cFontana, Lavinia.\u201d Grove Art Online<\/em>. Oxford Art Online. Accessed: 21 March 2009 [http:\/\/0-www.oxfordartonline.com.luna.wellesley.edu\/subscriber\/article\/grove\/art\/].<\/p>\n

Fortunati, Vera. Lavinia Fontana of Bologna 1552-1614<\/em> (Milan: Electra, 1998), 13-32.<\/p>\n

Fortunati, Vera. Italian Women Artists From Renaissance to Baroque<\/em> (New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2007).<\/p>\n

McIver, Katherine A. “Lavinia Fontana’s “Self Portrait Making Music,” Women’s Art Journal<\/em> 19 (1998): 3-8.<\/p>\n

Murphy, P. Caroline. \u201cLavinia Fontana,\u201d chapter x in Italian Women Artists From Renaissance to Baroque<\/em>, ed. Claudio Strinati (New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2007), 165.<\/p>\n

Murphy, P. Caroline. \u201cLavinia Fontana and Female Life Cycle Experience in Late 16th Century Bologna.\u201d Picturing Women in Renaissance and Baroque Italy<\/em>, eds. Geraldine A. Johnson and Sara F. Matthews Grieco (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997).<\/p>\n

Murphy, Caroline P. \u201cFontana, Lavini,.\u201d Dictionary of Female Artists<\/em>, ed. Delia Gaze (London and Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997), 534-537.<\/p>\n

Murphy, Caroline P. \u201cLavinia Fontana and Le Dame della Citta: understanding female artistic patronage in late sixteeth-century Bologna.\u201d Renaissance Studies 10 <\/em>(1996): 190-208.<\/p>\n

Ross, Sarah Gwyneth. \u201cFontana, Lavinia (1552-1614),\u201d Encyclopedia of Women in the Arts<\/em>, (Oxford: ABC Clio, 2007), 147-150.<\/p>\n