Italian Club program for March 22, Renaissance Women and the Arts: Courtesans

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Italian Club Meeting March 22 Program Preview - Renaissance Women and the Arts: Courtesans (by Dr. Cynthia Stollhaus)

Dr. Cynthia Stollhans is a Professor of Art History at Saint Louis University where she teaches courses in the art and architecture of the Italian Renaissance. Her courses include: High Renaissance Art and Culture; The Art of Rome; Saints in Art; and The Life and Times of Michelangelo. In 2014, Dr. Stollhans published a book on Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Renaissance Roman Art. For the past several years her research focus has been on courtesans and mistresses as art patrons in Renaissance Rome. She usually travels to Rome twice a year to conduct research in the libraries and archives of Rome. Cindy is now a friend of the Italian Club of St. Louis.

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