Loretta Vandi was a tenured Professor of Art History at Scuola del Libro, Urbino. Recent publications include: Ornament and European Modernism: From Art Practice to Art History, 2017.

• Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: A Multifaceted Artist; 1 Childhood and Relatives; 2 A Walled Adolescence and Womanhood; 3 A Matter of Dependence and /or Autonomy; 4 An Eclectic Blend of Acanthus Leaves, Flowers, and Monsters; 5 A Blessed Hand, Expert in Colour, Ornament, and Chant; 6 When Means and Ends Meet; 7 Naturalism in Supernatural Space; 8 The Logic of Detail; Epilogue; Notes; Appendix; Bibliography; Picture credits; Index

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Loretta Vandi was a tenured Professor of Art History at Scuola del Libro, Urbino. Recent publications include: Ornament and European Modernism: From Art Practice to Art History, 2017.

• Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: A Multifaceted Artist; 1 Childhood and Relatives; 2 A Walled Adolescence and Womanhood; 3 A Matter of Dependence and /or Autonomy; 4 An Eclectic Blend of Acanthus Leaves, Flowers, and Monsters; 5 A Blessed Hand, Expert in Colour, Ornament, and Chant; 6 When Means and Ends Meet; 7 Naturalism in Supernatural Space; 8 The Logic of Detail; Epilogue; Notes; Appendix; Bibliography; Picture credits; Index

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Loretta Vandi was a tenured Professor of Art History at Scuola del Libro, Urbino. Recent publications include: Ornament and European Modernism: From Art Practice to Art History, 2017.

• Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: A Multifaceted Artist; 1 Childhood and Relatives; 2 A Walled Adolescence and Womanhood; 3 A Matter of Dependence and /or Autonomy; 4 An Eclectic Blend of Acanthus Leaves, Flowers, and Monsters; 5 A Blessed Hand, Expert in Colour, Ornament, and Chant; 6 When Means and Ends Meet; 7 Naturalism in Supernatural Space; 8 The Logic of Detail; Epilogue; Notes; Appendix; Bibliography; Picture credits; Index

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