This week I've been mainly reading, no. 273.
Caroline Chapman' book of accessible art history, Nineteenth Century Women Artists: Sisters of the Brush (2021) is a synthetic account of a range of relatively well known & perhaps more obscure women artists working between 1800-1914. Its more a survey than a book with a coherent central argument (other than women artists confront many obstacles), but as an introduction to female painters & sculptors it works well.
This week I've been mainly reading, no. 272.
If you've been fascinated by the frescos in Sienna's town hall, you will enjoy Jules Lubbock's Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s Good & Bad Government, Reconsidered (2025) which offers a comprehensive account both of their meaning & the way Lorenzetti likely came to the deception he settled on. Its a pretty dense book (and expensive) but for those interested in the frescos likely worth it as it is full on interesting analyses.
