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Lotto's Lucretia.(Review)

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From: Renaissance Quarterly
Date: 19990922
Author:Goffen, Rona

The portrayal of the rape of Lucretia by Lorenzo Lotto masculinizes her right to revenge while honoring her femininity. Lotto shows that virtue belongs equally to the genders, an attitude that destroys patriarchal views of women.

"How a state is ruined because of women": This is neither a headline from the Washington Post nor a reference to Diana, Princess of Wales. It is the title of chapter 26 of Niccolo Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy. "Women have been the causes of much ruin," Machiavelli explains, "and have done great harm to those who govern a city, and have caused many ...

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