{"product_id":"lavinia-fontana-aoife-brady-9781911716006","title":"Lavinia Fontana: Trailblazer, Rule Breaker","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first monograph to examine Lavinia Fontana's work in over two decades, and the first to focus on her striking portraits\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLavinia Fontana: Trailblazer, Rule Breaker\u003c\/i\u003e explores this female Renaissance artist's fascinating biography and the cultural climate that enabled her to become the first woman artist in Western Europe to gain commercial success beyond the confines of a court or a convent. Bringing together several strands of scholarship on Fontana and her contemporaries, it provides context to her career and examines areas underrepresented in current scholarship on the painter, including information on her workshop practice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Focusing on the portraiture for which she was renowned, \u003ci\u003eLavinia Fontana\u003c\/i\u003e tells stories that will be universally familiar--tales of family bonds, sibling rivalries, engagements, weddings, births, and deaths. Written by Aoife Brady, with contributions from one of the leading scholars on Fontana, Babette Bohn, and a foremost expert on Renaissance fashion, Jonquil O'Reilly, this engaging book explores Fontana's world and how she forged a successful career in the male-dominated world of Renaissance Italy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin \u003cbr\u003e (May 6-August 27, 2023)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aoife Brady\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 191171600X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911716006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Holberton Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.50h x 9.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Aoife Brady","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44128635977983,"sku":"9781911716006","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4edf47a5-248c-416d-ac6a-aaef93be3b65.jpg?v=1687459704","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lavinia-fontana-aoife-brady-9781911716006","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}