Biography
Liana Cheney, PhD, Professor of Art History emerita from UMASS Lowell, is an Italian Mannerist and Women’s art scholar, including articles on Josefa de Ayala D’Óbidos’ Self-Portraits” (2000); “Josefa de Ayala D’Óbidos’ Agnus Dei (2001); Giulia Lama (2017); Evelyn Pickery de Morgan (2020); Barbara Longhi (1988, 2021, 2022), and books on Giorgio Vasari (1985 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013); Giuseppe Arcimboldo (2008, 2013, 2015); Agnolo Bronzino (2014); Women Artists: “The Most Excellent” (2003); Self-Portraits by Women Painters (2000/2009); and Lavinia Fontana’s Mythological Paintings (2020).