Dorotea Bucca

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Dorotea Bucca , also Dorotea Bocchi ( 1360 - 1436 ), was born in Bologna and taught at the University of Bologna for 46 years .

Bucca was the daughter of Giovanni Bucca, doctor and philosopher, who held this chair before her. Her father was so convinced of her talent that he encouraged her to study philosophy and medicine and do a doctorate. Dorothea Bucca began studying and was so successful that she took over the chair after the death of her father in 1390. She was paid a salary of 100 lire, an enormous sum for the time. She continued to teach her father's students and was so successful that she attracted students from all over Europe. She held the chair until her death in 1436.

In the modern reception area, Judy Chicago dedicates an inscription to her on the triangular floor tiles of the Heritage Floor of the installation The Dinner Party . The porcelain tile inscribed with the name Dorotea Bucca is assigned to the place with the place setting for Isabella d'Este .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Troy McKenzie: Women's Worth, Priceless . Trafford Publishing, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4907-4707-1 , pp. 139 ( books.google.de ).
  2. ↑ Arnaldo Casali: Dorotea Bucca, la prima insegnante universitaria. In: festivaldelmedioevo.it. 2019, accessed on October 26, 2019 (it-IT).
  3. ↑ Janet Horowitz Murray, Myra Stark: The Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions: 1888 . Routledge, 2016, ISBN 978-1-315-40148-5 ( books.google.de ).
  4. ^ Brooklyn Museum: Dorotea Bucca. In: brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved October 26, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Bucca, Dorotea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bocchi, Dorotea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION University professor in philosophy and medicine
DATE OF BIRTH 1360
PLACE OF BIRTH Bologna
DATE OF DEATH 1436