How to be a Renaissance woman : the untold history of beauty & female creativity / Jill Burke.
How to be a Renaissance woman : the untold history of beauty & female creativity / Jill Burke.
Alternate Title
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How to be a Renaissance woman : the untold history of beauty and female creativity
By
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Burke, Jill, 1971-
Publication Date
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2024
Publication Information
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New York : Pegasus Books,
Physical Description
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xiii, 317 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill.
Subject Term
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Sex role -- History.
Renaissance.
Women -- History -- Renaissance, 1450-1600.
Women artists -- Europe -- History.
Geographic Term
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Italy -- Social conditions -- 1268-1559.
Italy -- Civilization -- 1268-1559.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-304) and index.
Summary
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This alternative history of the Renaissance as told through the emerging literature of beauty focuses on the actresses, authors and courtesans who fought the era's misogyny and explains how their efforts are still relevant today.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781639365906
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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| St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | ADULT NFIC - DISPLAY | Adult Non-Fiction Display | 305.409 B91 | Checked In |