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Portrayals of Mary Magdalene by Early Modern Women Artists

by artherstory | Jun 28, 2023 | News/Blog

Guest post by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Georgetown University (emerita) Starting with the recognition that both artist and viewer shape, in cultural and religious terms, how Mary Magdalene has been perceived, identified, and categorized across time, my new...

Mary Beale (1633–1699) and the Hubris of Transcription

by wpengine | Mar 26, 2021 | News/Blog

Guest post by Helen Draper, independent scholar and author Mary Beale, Self-portrait with husband Charles & son Bartholomew, c.1659–60, oil on canvas, Geffrye Museum. Detail, head of the artist. This week, in March 1633, clergyman John Cradock DD...

Lund Humphries Announces a New Book Series, “Illuminating Women Artists”

by Erika Gaffney | Mar 8, 2020 | News/Blog

The initial sub-series profiles female artists of the Renaissance and Baroque Allegory of Fame, c. 1630–35, by Artemisia Gentileschi. The Bennett Collection. Illuminating Women Artists, published by London-based publisher Lund Humphries, launches at a critical moment...

“Bright Souls”: A London Exhibition Celebrating Mary Beale, Joan Carlile, and Anne Killigrew

by wpengine | Jun 30, 2019 | News/Blog

Guest post by Laura Gowing, Professor of Early Modern History, King’s College London The exhibition Bright Souls: The Forgotten Story of Britain’s First Female Artists, just opened in London’s Connaught Street. The show puts together for the first time...

A Dozen Great Women Artists, Renaissance and Baroque

by Erika Gaffney | May 13, 2019 | News/Blog

As promised in a previous blog post (Michelangelo’s Sisters: (Re)Introducing Female Old Masters) here is a post that highlights the names and works of twelve female Old Masters. These dozen names represent only a small percentage of the women who were not only...

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