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Intimately linked with the northern city courts of Italy during the renaissance, Isabella d’Este’s intelligence and ferocious artistic appetite helped shape and define the culture of collecting in sixteenth century Italy. Comprising of three online lectures and culminating in a two-day visit of Mantua, this course is designed to explore the extraordinary life of Isabella, Marchioness of Mantua and her extraordinary patronage of the arts.
Intimately linked with the northern city courts of Italy during the renaissance, Isabella d’Este’s intelligence and ferocious artistic appetite helped shape and define the culture of collecting in sixteenth century Italy. Comprising of three online lectures and culminating in a two-day visit of Mantua, this course is designed to explore the extraordinary life of Isabella, Marchioness of Mantua and her extraordinary patronage of the arts.