Convents could be a liberating alternative to marriage, a place where women could learn to read, write, and paint (Field). As economic improvements arose, it actually decreased women’s equality. Most women would become nuns in order to gain more freedom that was nearly equal to male clergy and nobles (Detrick, The Early Renaissance). Nuns who were taught how to paint were patrons of Renaissance art, and were patrons to their peers as well. Traditionally, the grand paintings created by these women were hung in the dining halls of the convents or monasteries. However, there were women patrons that emerged out of cultural restrictions and the competition of leading male artists. There is a population of certain women that resolved their problems by domination. There are several women who fought back, developing innovative painting techniques and advancing younger generations of female artists (Hessel). Women bypassed men who would attempt to suppress their works, and continued to create their own