Good books on Renaissance women

The Worth of Women: Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe)
Here at Amazon, haven't read it yet, but it does look fun to read.

Working women in renaissance Germany, by Merry E. Wiesner, Rutgers University Press 1986, ISBN 0-8135-1138-0

Got this from the library yesterday, looks to be a good overview of women's actual roles and the societal pressures and realities that structured their involvement in the world of work.

 

 

 

Crying for Joy

There's this book that I've been coveting at the University of Washington library for the last year and a half, 600+ pages of gorgeous artwork, color photos of stuff I'd only seen in b/w. I lust after this book, but its "Library Use Only", so no checking it out to scan pics out of it. The book title is

Die Gemälde des 16. Jahrhunderts / bearbeitet von Kurt Löcher, unter Mitarbeit von Carola Gries ; technologische Befunde, Anna Bartl und Magdalene Gärtner

Today I was hunting around for a copy, just to see how much the damage to my pocket book would be (since the last time I looked it was around $80+), when I discovered a copy on Amazon for $20! So of course I ordered it.  I'm so happy, estatic with joy!   Yes, I'm an artbook nut, why do you ask?

*sigh* Come here my pretty little paintings....