{"product_id":"2940170521982","title":"Renaissance Woman: The Life of Vittoria Colonna","description":"\u003cp\u003eRamie Targoff's \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Woman\u003c\/i\u003e tells of the most remarkable woman of the Italian Renaissance: Vittoria Colonna, Marchesa of Pescara.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVittoria has long been celebrated by scholars of Michelangelo as the artist's best friendamp;mdash;the two of them exchanged beautiful letters, poems, and works of art that bear witness to their intimacyamp;mdash;but she also had close ties to Charles V, Pope Clement VII and Pope Paul III, Pietro Bembo, Baldassare Castiglione, Pietro Aretino, Queen Marguerite de Navarre, Reginald Pole, and Isabella d'Este, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVittoria was the scion of an immensely powerful family in Rome during that city's most explosively creative era. Art and literature flourished, but political and religious life were under terrific strain. Personally involved with nearly every major development of this periodamp;mdash;through both her marriage and her own talentsamp;mdash;Vittoria was not only a critical political actor and negotiator but also the first woman to publish a book of poems in Italy, an event that launched a revolution for Italian women's writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVittoria was, in short, at the very heart of what we celebrate when we think about sixteenth-century Italy; through her story the Renaissance comes to life anew.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47102439162096,"sku":"2940170521982","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170521982_p0.jpg?v=1763711396","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170521982","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}