Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2022
Publication Title
Authorizing Early Modern European Women: From Biography to Biofiction
Abstract
In recent years the life stories of early modern women artists have inspired many works of biofiction; yet often authors know more about what the artists created than the facts of their lives. This essay will explore the intermediality between visual and verbal content by exploring the role of art in two recent novels on the Italian Renaissance painter Sofonisba Anguissola: Donna DiGiuseppe’s Lady in Ermine: The Story of a Woman Who Painted the Renaissance and Chiara Montani’s Sofonisba: Portraits of the Soul. In the process I will explore the Renaissance paragone debate and consider how verbal descriptions of artworks may (or may not) enhance our understanding of the artist’s fictionalized character.
First Page
219
Last Page
233
DOI
10.5117/9789463727143_ch17
ISSN
9789048552900
Recommended Citation
Dabbs, Julia K. "The Role of Art in Recent Biofiction on Sofonisba Anguissola" Authorizing Early Modern European Women: From Biography to Biofiction. Eds. J. Fitzmaurice, N.J. Miller, and S.J. Steen. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2022. doi 10.5117/9789463727143_ch17
Primo Type
Book Chapter
Included in
Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture Commons, Women's Studies Commons