Catalog of the exhibition held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., Mar. 16-July 15, 2007.
At head of title: "sVo Art".
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-270).
On the origins of women painters / Claudio Strinati -- Italian women artists from Renaissance to Baroque / Jordana Pomeroy -- The economics of the woman artist / Caroline P. Murphy -- Wife, widow, nun, and court lady: women patrons of the Renaissance and Baroque / Sheila ffolliott -- Toward a history of women artists in Bologna between the Renaissance and the Baroque : additions and clarifications / Vera Fortunati -- Sofonisba, Lavinia, Artemisia, and Elisabetta : thirty years after Women artists, 1550-1950 / Ann Sutherland Harris -- Painting personal identity : the costuming of nobildonne, heroines, and kings / Carole Collier Frick -- "woman artist" in literature : fiction or non-fiction? / Alexandra Lapierre -- Catalogue -- Caterina Vigri -- Properzia de' Rossi -- Eufrasia Burlamacchi -- Plautilla Nelli -- Sofonisba Anguissola -- Diana Scultori (aka Ghisi) -- Lavinia Fontana -- Barbara Longhi -- Fede Galizia -- Lucrina Fetti -- Chiara Varotari -- Elisabetta Catanea Parasole -- Artemisia Gentileschi -- Orsola Maddalena Caccia -- Giovanna Garzoni -- Elisabetta Sirani -- Exhibition checklist -- Bibliography