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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Power, Gender, and Representation in the Italian Renaissance Court: The Cultural Patronage of Caterina Sforza (1463--1509)
Abstract
dc:descriptionThe dissertation discusses the extant artifacts, contemporary documents, including biographies, chronicles, letters, and official records, and period treatises to provide the social and political context necessary to understand Caterina Sforza's cultural patronage. The analysis demonstrates that Sforza and noble women like her were active participants, not bystanders, in the cultural practices that were so important to the power negotiations of the Renaissance court. Furthermore, it provides a study of the cultural practices of a newly-established dynasty, namely the Riario of Imola and Forli.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Art History
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- deVries, Joyce Carol
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Jeryldene M. Wood
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (MiAaPQ)AAI3070290
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87367