"Fra Angelico and the Rise of the Florentine Renaissance investigates the beginnings of Florentine Renaissance art, with the friar painter Fra Angelico at the centre of the story.
Drawing on a wide range of different media, but making particular use of woodcuts, Grossinger charts how the images of women changed during the late Middle Ages, and exposes the full extent of the mysogyny entrenched in medieval society.
"A general study of palace painting in Trecento and Quattrocento Italy. Argues for the pivotal role of early secular painting in early-modern art and theory"--Provided by publisher.