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Author Burke, Jill, 1971- author.

Title How to be a Renaissance woman : the untold history of beauty & female creativity / Jill Burke.

Edition First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Publication Info. New York : Pegasus Books, 2024.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3203759~S1
Location Call No. Status
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction-NEW  305.3094 BUR    DEPT TRANSFER
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction-NEW  305.3094 BUR    DEPT TRANSFER
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Description xiii, 317 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Summary This alternative history of the Renaissance as told through the emerging literature of beauty focuses on the actresses, authors and courtesans who fought the era's misogyny and explains how their efforts are still relevant today.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-304) and index.
Subject Sex role -- Europe -- History.
Renaissance.
Women -- History -- Renaissance, 1450-1600.
Women artists -- Europe -- History.
Italy -- Social conditions -- 1268-1559.
Italy -- Civilization -- 1268-1559.
ISBN 9781639365906 hc.
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