Table of Contents
Part 1 GENDERED NETWORKS
1. Vittoria della Rovere at the Medici Court: A Dynasty of Women.
2. "Le Signore Dame": Vittoria della Rovere and her female courtiers.
3. Gendered Social and Cultural Networks: Italy and Beyond.
Part 2 SELF-FASHIONING and DISPLAY
4. Visual Splendour at the Court of Vittoria della Rovere; the Role of Portraiture. Chapter 5 Material Magnificence between the Courts of France and Florence: Vittoria della Rovere’s French Luxury Imports
6. Sartorial Elegance at the Medici Court: Fashioning the Grand Ducal Family
Part 3 CULTURAL PATRONAGE
7. A Discerning Eye: Vittoria della Rovere’s Art Patronage
8. The female virtuosa at the Grand Duchess’s court: Vittoria della Rovere’s patronage of female artists and other creative women.
9. Architectural Patronage, Interior Design and Decoration
Part 4 PIETY and SPIRITUAL PHILANTHROPY
10. Performing piety: Vittoria della Rovere and the theatre of religious devotion.
11."Sua infocata devotione": Vittoria della Rovere and the Reliquary Chapel of Santa Maria Maddalena de’Pazzi Nobile Fiorentina
12. Vittoria della Rovere’s Spiritual Philanthropy