Gallery One: Women as Makers

Women in Venice made significant cultural contributions in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as patrons (such as Cameria and Caterina Cornaro), poets and philosophers (Tullia d'Aragona, Veronica Franco, Veronica Gambara, and Moderata Fonte), and painters (Marietta Robusti, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Giovanna Garzoni) among others. While these figures have continued to appear in historical and literary accounts since their own time, their lives and works still often do not receive the public recognition of those of their male counterparts. Over the past fifty years, scholars and interdisciplinary initiatives have worked to rebalance these narratives and give women's contributions their due. 

Consider here how women appear as subject, creator, supporter, or any combination of these.