Art and Piety in the Female Religious Communities of Renaissance Italy Iconography, Space, and the Religious Woman's Perspective

Anabel Thomas challenges assumptions about art works in religious establishments populated by women, among them, that such communities contained few works of art; that these works did not have gender-specific qualities; and that religious women played no role in commissioning such imagery or in influencing its design and purpose.Thomas, Anabel is the author of 'Art and Piety in the Female Religious Communities of Renaissance Italy Iconography, Space, and the Religious Woman's Perspective' with ISBN 9780521811880 and ISBN 0521811880.