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| | Spectator, The: misogynist who painted Madonnas, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | 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. |
 | | In saying that Reni's depictions of St Sebastian, Lucretia, Cleopatra, and the Maries' appeal to viewers through complexly layered, gendered biases, I mean by way of their indeterminate messages about male and female behaviour, particularly because no conventional androcentricity seems to have determined their looks and actions. |
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