Appel à contribution : « What did women see? Gender and viewing experience in Early Modern Italy? », Chicago, CAA, 14-17 février 2024, date limite le 31 août 2023
In their homes, churches and neighborhoods women in early modern Italy were surrounded with a rich and diverse visual and material culture. Yet, apart from studies of women as collectors and patrons of the visual arts, until recently relatively little scholarly attention has been paid to their experience as viewers. How did women encounter, interpret and engage with the objects around them, whether altarpieces, portraits, public sculpture, devotional objects or decorative household goods? How were...