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| | Spectator, The: misogynist who painted Madonnas, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Guido Reni (1575-1642), who was born and died in Bologna, is usually considered one of the greatest Italian artists of the 17th century, renowned for his religious imagery. |
 | | I propose that Reni's psycho-sexual makeup and personality affected how he pictured and criticised some of his male and female figures, regardless whether more emphasis should be placed on his intense misogyny or his elusive sexual orientation as they bear on his dread of witches and, in turn, 17thcentury societal beliefs about women. |
 | | The basis for undertaking such an approach, according to the author, is the remarkable life of Reni written by Count Carlo Cesare Malvasia, himself a native of Bologna and a near contemporary of the painter, whose `rich and reliable source' the author relies on to such an extent that, '. |
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