Plautilla Neli, 1523-1588

by Nelson, Jonathan K.

• ISBN13: 9788895250038
• ISBN10: 8895250036
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-30
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr

Summary

"A little-known painter in sixteenth-century Florence, Plautilla Nelli is one of the first known female Renaissance artists. The Lamentation, Last Supper, and Pentecost make her one of the first European women we can identify with large-scale religious works. Most remarkably, perhaps, this Dominican nun became the primary "image maker" of the Order of Preachers in Florence, a role previously played by Fra Bartolommeo. Through her art, she "preached" primarily, but not exclusively, to the nuns in her convent of Santa Caterina da Siena. Nelli also conveyed her artistic and moral message to all those who could see her works, many of which were praised by two contemporaries, Giorgio Vasari and Serafino Razzi." "In this collection of essays, internationally recognized scholars examine the life and works of Nelli, the prioress of a Dominican convent, with special attention to the artistic, social, and religious contexts. The book reproduces all Nelli's paintings and drawings in color, many for the first time, and significantly increases the small corpus of works attributed to her. It also presents the restoration results of her celebrated Lamentation."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Preface
Foreword
Introduction
Plautilla Nelli (1524-1588) The Painter-Prioress of Renaissance Florence
Abbreviations	p. 7
Nuns' Stories: Plautilla Nelli, Madre Pittora, and her Compagne in the Convent of Santa Caterina da Siena	p. 9
The Artistic Training and Savonarolan Ideas of Plautilla Nelli	p. 28
Plautilla Nelli's Role in Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Painters (1568) and Serafino Razzi's History of Illustrious Men (1596)	p. 45
The History, Sources, and Restoration of Plautilla Nelli's Lamentation	p. 60
The Restoration Report of Plautilla Nelli's Lamentation	p. 66
The Dominican Audience of Plautilla Nelli's Last Supper	p. 72
The Last Suppers of Dan Brown, Leonardo da Vinci, and Plautilla Nelli	p. 88
In the Shadow of the Friar: The Uffizi Drawings Attributed to Plautilla Nelli	p. 99
Paintings Attributed to Plautilla Nelli	p. 118
Sixteenth-Century Sources on Plautilla Nelli	p. 131
Bibliography	p. 139
Illustrations	p. 151
Index	p. 205
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