Vittoria Colonna's letters are discussed, with a focus on women and the need for female role models in acting as moral and spiritual guides. Various works by Vittoria Colonna display a notable interest in the Virgin Mary as a potentially powerful and positive...

In the Pieta made by Michelangelo for Vittoria Colonna a new category of art - the drawing made as a finished work and presented as a gift - became a privileged model for a conception of religious faith and divine grace promoted in the...

In the following essay, Adler argues that Colonna's poems and letters reveal pride in her gender and an intention portray it favorably. Adler also shows how Colonna presents attractive images of herself and other women, and examines how her positive sense of female identity serves as a model for contemporary women writers.

In the following essay, Russell examines the sonnets on the Virgin Mary found in the 1546 edition of Colonna's religious verse and finds them interesting because of their Christocentric character and sympathy to the doctrines of religious reformers.

In the following essay, Jung argues that Colonna's importance lies in her religious personality and moral perfection, rather than by her skill as a writer or her connections to important figures in art and literature.