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54 cm × 39 cm (21 in × 15 in) Location. Czartoryski Museum, Kraków, Poland. The Lady with an Ermine[ n 1] is a portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. Dated to c. 1489–1491, the work is painted in oils on a panel of walnut wood. Its subject is Cecilia Gallerani, a mistress of Ludovico Sforza ("Il Moro"), Duke ...
Renaissance art. Renaissance art (1350 – 1620 [ 1]) is the painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of the period of European history known as the Renaissance, which emerged as a distinct style in Italy in about AD 1400, in parallel with developments which occurred in philosophy, literature, music, science, and technology. [ 2]
Garrard, Mary D., Angouissola and the Problem of the Woman Artist, Renaissance Quarterly 24, 1994. Zwanger, Meryl, Women and Art in the Renaissance, in: Sister, Columbia University 1995/6. Judith Brown. Gender and Society in Renaissance Italy (Women And Men In History). 1998; Letizia Panizza, Women in Italian Renaissance Culture and Society.
Lady Mary Wroth (née Sidney; 18 October 1587 [ 1] – 1651/3) was an English noblewoman and a poet of the English Renaissance. A member of a distinguished literary family, Lady Wroth was among the first female English writers to have achieved an enduring reputation. Mary Wroth was niece to Mary Herbert née Sidney (Countess of Pembroke and one ...
For her contributions, the University of Rochester awarded Gleason an honorary degree in 1962, a well-deserved recognition of multi-talented woman who, seemingly, could do it all. Remarkable ...
Florence, birthplace of the Italian Renaissance.The architectural perspective and new systems of banking and accounting were introduced during the time.. The Renaissance (UK: / r ə ˈ n eɪ s ən s / rən-AY-sənss, US: / ˈ r ɛ n ə s ɑː n s / ⓘ REN-ə-sahnss) [1] [2] [a] is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.
Artemisia Lomi or Artemisia Gentileschi ( US: / ˌdʒɛntiˈlɛski /, [ 1][ 2] Italian: [arteˈmiːzja dʒentiˈleski]; 8 July 1593 – c. 1656) was an Italian Baroque painter. Gentileschi is considered among the most accomplished 17th-century artists, initially working in the style of Caravaggio. She was producing professional work by the age ...
Digital collagist Jessica Worrall makes art that asks a question for the ages: Who decides how women dress?