Art, Gender and Religious Devotion in Grand Ducal Tuscany

Alice E. Sanger

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Routledge
14 October 2024

The Arts: General & Reference; Renaissance art; Gender studies: women

Series: Women and Gender in the Early Modern World

Art, Gender and Religious Devotion in Grand Ducal Tuscany focuses on the intersection of the visual and the sacred at the Medici court of the later sixteenth to early seventeenth centuries in relation to issues of gender. Through a series of case studies carefully chosen to highlight key roles and key interventions of Medici women, this book embraces the diversity of their activities, from their public appearances at the centre of processionals such as the bridal entrata, to the commissioning and collecting of art objects and the overseeing of architectural projects, to an array of other activities to which these women applied themselves with particular force and vigour: regular and special devotions, visits to churches and convents, pilgrimages and relic collecting. Positing Medici women’s patronage as a network of devotional, entrepreneurial and cultural activities that depended on seeing and being seen, Alice E. Sanger examines the specific religious context in which the Medici grand duchesses operated, arguing that these patrons’ cultural interests responded not only to aesthetic concerns and the demands of personal faith, but also to dynastic interests, issues of leadership and authority, and the needs of Catholic reform. By examining the religious dimensions of the grand duchesses' art patronage and collecting activities alongside their visually resonant devotional and public acts, Sanger adds a new dimension to the current scholarship on Medici women’s patronage.

By: Alice E. Sanger
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032928838
ISBN 10: 1032928832
Series: Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 14 October 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Art, Gender and Religious Devotion in Grand Ducal Tuscany

'The three women at the center of the book are deserving of this focus and study, and there is a lot of excellent new material here. The focus on rituals, on pilgrimage, on display of relics, gives this study a broader set of issues to consider than simply art patronage; and the emphasis on the visual character of events such as weddings, entries, festivals, processions, and funerals is especially welcome.' Ann Roberts, Lake Forest College, USA 'While the Medici women as the subject of patronage studies (artistic and political) is not new, Sanger’s focus on their religious devotion aligned with patronage, and the comparative model adopted, make this study an important addition to the literature.' Renaissance Quarterly