| FT-53635-05 | Research Programs: Summer Stipends | Joyce de Vries | Power, Gender, and Cultural Production in the Court of Caterina Sforza (1463-1509) | 6/1/2005 - 8/31/2005 | $5,000.00 | Joyce | | de Vries | | | | Auburn University | Auburn | AL | 36849-0001 | USA | 2005 | Art History and Criticism | Summer Stipends | Research Programs | 5000 | 0 | 5000 | 0 |
My project focuses on the collection and patronage practices of Caterina Sforza and cultural production and consumption within her court. I argue that visual and material culture was fundamental in Sforza’s self-creation as a magnificent and indomitable regent in late 15th-century Italy. Within my analysis, I reveal the complexities and paradoxes of Renaissance women’s agency and sexuality; argue that provincial courts provide information crucial to our understanding of the relationship between politics and culture; and demonstrate that a comprehensive study of the princely courts requires a broad range of visual and material sources and interdisciplinary methods. I am seeking support for the final stage of work on this book project. |