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Record Number: 8491 Author(s)/Creator(s): Even , Yael. Contributor(s): Title: Andrea del Castagno's "Eve": Female Heroes as Anomalies in Italian Renaissance Art Source URL: Woman's Art Journal (Full Text via JSTOR) 14, 2 (Fall 1993/Winter 1994): 37-42. Link Info target = '_blank'>Woman's Art Journal (Full Text via JSTOR) 14, 2 (Fall 1993/Winter 1994): 37-42. Link Info Description: Article Type: Journal Article Subject (See Also): Andrea del Castagno, Painter- Villa Carducci Fresco- Eve Art History- Painting Distaffs Eve (Biblical Figure) in Art Heroes in Art Iconography Women in Art Award Note: Geographic Area: Italy Century: 15 Primary Evidence: Painting; Florence, Villa Carducci. Fresco cycle. Portraits of Eve and Adam are believed to have flanked a portrait of the Virgin and Child. Also surviving are portraits of six famous men and three women (the Cumaean Sibyl, Queen Esther, and Queen Tomyris, mythic r Illustrations: Nine figures. Four illustrating the Carducci Fresco. Figure Five is Andrea del Castagno's painting of David on a leather shield. Figures Six and Seven are Italian bas reliefs representing Eve with her distaff. Figures Eight and Nine are Greek vase paintings of Athena with her weapons. Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: University of Missouri, St. Louis Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1993-1994. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 02707993 0

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