Catalog of an exhibition held at the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, Oct. 24, 2008-Feb. 8, 2009. Translation; also published in Italian, 2008, under title: Caterina e Maria de' Medici : donne al potere : Firenze celebra il mito di due regine di Francia. Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-187).
Contents:
Artemisias, legitimate and otherwise / The metamorphosis of the goddesses / Roberto Contini. Women, images and power / James M. Bradburne -- Caterina and Maria : two Artemisias on the French throne / Sara Mamone -- The queens of sorcery / Luisa Capodieci -- The stories of Queen Artemisia tapestries. Tapestry in its different figurative aspects / Clarice Innocenti -- From Paris to Florence : the tapestries of two queens / Giorgio Bonsanti -- The renaissance of a set of royal tapestries with gilded threads. The tories of Queen Artemisia of Henry IV and Maria de' Medici / Jean Vittet -- A change of plans. From Houel's Stories of Queen Artemisia to the tapestries of Henry IV / Valérie Auclair-- Artemisia : an iconographic programme for a regent / Barbara Gaehtgens -- Artemisia : a user's guide / Arnauld Brejo de Lavergnée -- The restoration of Artemisia to myth : Artemisia, ingentis animifemina / Maria Sframeli -- Artemisias, legitimate and otherwise / Roberto Contini.
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