Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago

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Early modern Bologna was exceptional for its many talented women artists. They painted altarpieces, nudes, mythologies, allegories, portraits, and self-portraits, creating sculptures, drawings, prints, embroidery, and paintings. In this video, Babette Bohn of Texas Christian University, explores this history and challenges some common assumptions about women artists. Presented as part of Sydney J. Freedberg Lecture on Italian Art 
 
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