Mysterium Magnum: Michelangelo's Tondo Doni
Biographical note
Regina Stefaniak, Ph.D. (1989) in History of Art, University of California at Berkeley, is an independent scholar in Berkeley, California. She has published extensively on fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italian art in its cultural context, including essays on such artists as Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael, Correggio, Rosso Fiorentino and Parmigianino.
Readership
All those interested in early modern Italian history, Italian Renaissance art, the classical tradition, women's studies, as well as Marian & Josephine scholars.
Table of contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Prime nozze: Generation
2. Seconde nozze: Regeneration
3. Così nel mio parlar vogli’ esser aspro
Illustrations
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Prime nozze: Generation
2. Seconde nozze: Regeneration
3. Così nel mio parlar vogli’ esser aspro
Illustrations
Bibliography
Index
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