Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 3
6. Bologna as Exemplary Counter-Reformation City: An Intellectual History of the City and Its Scholars 18
7. Tridentine Visual Reform in Paleotti's Discorso: The Modes of the Artefice Cristiano in Theory and Practice 44
8. Stitching for Virtue: Women's Work in Embroidery for the Conservatori of Bologna 92
9. Felsina Pittrice: Elisabetta Sirani, Her Students and Circle, and the Maniera Devota 119
10. Veronica Fontana and Giuseppe Maria Mitelli: Prints, Piety, and Science in the Work of Sirani's Students and Colleagues 155
11. Conclusion 198
12. Appendix 1 204
13. Notes 213
14. Bibliography 251
15. Index 273