Dominican Women and Renaissance Art

Ann Roberts here identifies and examines thirty objects from the convent of San Domenico of Pisa, commissioned for and made by fifteenth-century nuns. Roberts analyzes the social and religious functions of the images, firmly grounding her interpretation in the values of the nuns' Order, and in the political and social concerns of their city. A catalogue of works is included, and previously unpublished related documents are presented in the appendix.