The lost tapestries of the City of ladies : Christine de Pizan's Renaissance legacy / Susan Groag Bell.

Author/creator Bell, Susan G.
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxvii, 254 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 22 cm
Subjects
Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431. Livre de la cité des dames--Illustrations.
Tapestry, Renaissance.
Women in art.
Europe--Kings and rulers. --Art patronage.

Contents The first clue -- Christine de Pizan -- Queen Elizabeth's tapestries -- Tapestry production in the early Renaissance -- Margaret of Austria and the Tournai tapestries -- Anne of Brittany's "Cité des Dames" -- An eight-panel French set -- The "Cietie of Dammys" in Scotland -- The "Citie of Ladies" at the English court -- Christine de Pizan's legacy to the Renaissance.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-240) and index.
LCCN 2004011382
ISBN0520234103 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks NK3007 .B44 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold