eucanthos:Lavinia Fontana (1552 - 1614)Allegory of Prudence, c. 1590,(Urania, Muse of Astronomy
eucanthos:Lavinia Fontana (1552 - 1614)Allegory of Prudence, c. 1590, (Urania, Muse of Astronomy or Allegory of Geometry or Symmetry). Monaco, Maison d'ArtMars and Venus, 1600-10. Oil on canvas. Madrid, Fundación Casa de Alba. Source: A Tale of Two Women Painters: Sofonisba Anguissola and Lavinia Fontana. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid 10/22/2019 - 2/2/2020Lavinia Fontana was the first female artist to paint mythological compositions in which the nude (generally female) was the principal motif, a subject banned to women. Bologna’s sophisticated society was capable of reconciling adherence to the postulates of the Counter-Reformation and an enjoyment of mythological images. She was also one of the rare women painters active in Italy during the second half of the sixteenth century and early years of the seventeenth. The arrangement of the nude figures in her works, the details beyond the standard mythological account, the jewels, veils and transparent fabrics that heighten and draw attention to the sensuality of the bodies, clearly demonstrate Fontana’s powerful capacity for invention (survival)… -- source link
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