Completed her training in about 1553, met Michelangelo in Rome in 1554, where she became an established portraitist, invited to the court of King Philip II of Spain, advised the young van Dyck, and died in her early 90s.
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Four women painters who achieved greatness against the odds, between 1580 and 1665: Lavinia Fontana, Clara Peeters, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Elisabetta Sirani.
Tuna fishing in Spain, goldfish sold as pets or in a Berlin flat, underwater with a diver, and in many still lifes, including those of William Merritt Chase, the master of fish.
Venus born surrounded by colourful fish, in the element water, in a feeding frenzy by Turner’s Slave Ship, with mermaids, and brought ashore ready to eat.
How Dutch painters studying in Italy came to be influenced by Caravaggio, and took his style back to Utrecht, where they became known as Utrecht Caravaggists.
Composition and effects of different types of varnish, with its visual effects, and how it can make a painting unreadable when it contains accumulated dirt.
How Dante meets up with Virgil, and is guided by him down to the deepest circle of Hell. About the other two books, covering Purgatory and Paradise.
The Monets and Sisley’s moved on in 1878, leaving only Renoir to visit and paint in the summer. Then in 1881, Gustave Caillebotte got a property nearby, and continued to paint the river here.
Claude Monet and family rented a house there, and were joined by Alfred Sisley and his family. Renoir came to visit, and the three painted the river and its bridges together.
Half a millennium later, a British artist paints the interior of Botticelli’s studio, with members of the de’ Medici family. How accurate could that be?
The Eclectic Light Company 