Caterina Sforza and the Art of Appearances - de Vries, Joyce

Caterina Sforza (1463-1509) commissioned elaborate artistic and architectural works, and collected a dazzling array of clothing, jewelry, and household goods. This book investigates Sforza's cultural endeavors, and explores the ways in which gender, culture, and consumption practices were central to the invention of the self in early modern Italy.