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Lady with an Ermine (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani)

Leonardo da Vinci, Oil on wood, 1483-90

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Women in Portrait PaintingsWomen in Portrait Paintings

A Young Lady of Fashion, Paolo Uccello Early 1460s, Oil on wood

Ginevra de' Benci Leonardo da Vinci c. 1474/1478

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The Magdalene Reading By Rogier van der Weyden Before 1438, Oil on mahogany

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Symbolism Altarpiece Rogier van der Weyden

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Selected BooksSelected BooksItalian Renaissance:•Thames & Hudson Dictionary of the Italian

Renaissance REF DG 445 .T43 1995

•Encyclopedia of the Renaissance REF CB 361 .E52 1999

•History of Italian Renaissance Art REF N6915 . H37 2003

•The Art of the Italian Renaissance REF N 6915 .A735 1995b

•Renaissance Artists & Antique Sculpture REF NB 85 .B63

1991   

•The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection REF ND611 .W44

2007    

•The Fifteenth Century Italian Paintings REF  ND 615 .G67

2003 

Northern Renaissance:• Bruegel to Rembrandt… REF NC 261 .R649 2002

• Northern Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Arts… REF N6370 .S6 2005

• Early Netherlandish Painting REF ND 635 .F681

• Robert Campin: A Monographic Study with Critical Catalogue REF ND 673 .C274 T45 2002

• Rogier van der Weyden: The Complete Works REF ND 673 .W4 A4 1999

• Jan van Eyck: The Play of Realism REF ND 673 .E9

H37 1995

• Early Netherlandish Paintings NetLibrary E-Book

• Albrecht Dürer: A Guide to Research NetLibrary

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Artist:Artist: Bruegel, Pieter OR Uccello, Paolo (Last name, 1st name)

*Known by 1st name → Michelangelo Buonarroti OR Leonardo, da Vinci

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IconographyChristian Saints in ArtReligious Art

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Suggested JournalsSuggested JournalsPrint Only Online OnlyArt Journal Renaissance News (JSTOR)

Print & Online Renaissance Quarterly (JSTOR)

Renaissance Studies

Studies in the Renaissance (JSTOR)

Speculum Sixteenth Century Journal (JSTOR)

Journal of the Warburg & Courtauld Institutes

Journal of Medieval & Early Modern Studies (Project Muse)

Artibus et Historiae Sixteenth Century Journal (Art Fulltext)

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See writing guides for art history:• Writing the Art History Paper (Dartmouth College)

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• Art History Writing Guide (Wesleyan University)

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• Writing for Art History (Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill) http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/arthistory.html