Miles, author of A Complex Delight: The Secularization of the Breast, 1350–1750 This book provides new perspective on Italian Renaissance masterworks it will be central to future discussion of Renaissance art.' -Margaret R. Brunelleschi's Egg is so much more than a history of style it maps the changing mindsets of Renaissance society in the several centuries during which scientific developments gradually seized masculine authority, relegating both art and nature to mastered femininity. She offers a sophisticated exploration of a rich artistic conversation on the relationship of nature and art, describing the central role of gender in structuring artists' complex and changing attitudes toward nature. 'Mary Garrard's discerning eye and deep knowledge of Renaissance art informs this fascinating book. Brunelleschi's Egg constitutes an exemplary feat of interdisciplinary study that requires no specialized theoretical baggage to follow and emulate.'-Mieke Bal, author of Of What One Cannot Speak: Doris Salcedo's Political Art

is to be thanked for contributing to the history of science.” -Marjorie Och Woman’s Art Journal'Garrard, one of a small handful of truly distinguished feminist art historians, presents a detailed and visually convincing account of the relationship between nature and art in all its fraught and gendered cultural meaning from antiquity on. Mary Garrard’s contributions to art history are considerable. * Quilts: The Great American Art Patricia Mainardi.Reviews “Brunelleschi’s Egg is an immensely stimulating, thought-provoking book that represents a major contribution to Renaissance studies.” -Marilyn Dunn Renaissance Qtly “Excellent. * Miriam Schapiro and Femmage: Reflections on the Conflict Between Decoration and Abstraction in Twentieth-Century Art N. * Virility and Domination in Early Twentieth-Century Vanguard Painting C. * Gender or Genius? The Woman Artists of German Expressionism Alessandra Comini. * Lost and Found: Once More the Fallen Woman Linda Nochlin. * Happy Mothers and Other New Ideas in Eighteenth-Century French Art Carol Duncan. * Art History and Its Exclusions: The Example of Dutch Art Svetlana Alpers. * Judith Leysters PropositionBetween Virtue and Vice Frima Fox Hofrichter. * Taking a Second Look: Observations on the Iconography of a French Queen, Jeanne de Bourbon (13381378) Claire Richter Sherman. * Eve and Mary: Conflicting Images of Medieval Woman Henry Kraus. * Social Status and Gender in Roman Art: The Case of the Saleswoman Natalie Boymel Kampen.

* Mourners on Greek Vases: Remarks on the Social History of Women Christine Mitchell Havelock. * The Great Goddess and the Palace Architecture of Crete Vincent Scully. * Matrilineal Reinterpretation of Some Egyptian Sacred Cows Nancy Luomala.

* Introduction: Feminism and Art History Norma Broude and Mary D.

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