Slavna slikarica stvarala je odvažne erotske prizore: Tko je bila Lavinia Fontana?
Lavinia Fontana was a Renaissance painter who produced formal portraits of prominent families. She also painted religious altarpieces and overtly erotic scenes. She worked during a period when women were rarely commissioned for the major projects that built artists’ reputations. Art historians have said that her nudes could be bolder than those painted by some of her male peers. That work has led to her being described as the first professional female painter of female nudes in Western art. Despite the barriers facing women in the period, Fontana built a successful career that crossed the boundary between respected religious and portrait painting and subjects that challenged contemporary expectations. Her work still raises a question with no easy answer about what allowed her to push so far beyond the conventions available to women artists. The surviving account does not resolve the personal motives behind that artistic risk.
Lavinia Fontana slikala je portrete uglednih obitelji i oltarne pale, ali i erotske prizore u kojima je, prema ocjeni povjesničara umjetnosti, katkad bila smjelija od svojih muških kolega. Ta renesansna umjetnica, koju se smatra prvom profesionalnom slikaricom ženskih aktova u zapadnoj umjetnosti, gradila je uspješnu karijeru u vrijeme kada su ženama mnoge umjetničke narudžbe bile gotovo nedostupne. Njezina djela danas nameću pitanje na koje nema jednostavnog odgovora: što ju je potaknulo da pomiče granice dopuštenog