by wpengine | Jul 10, 2020 | News/Blog
Guest post by Sara Matthews-Grieco, Syracuse University in Florence This guest post reviews the recent art exhibition, curated by Dr. Sheila Barker, presented by the Uffizi Galleries at Andito degli Angiolini, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy, 28 May–28 June 2020...
by wpengine | Jun 30, 2020 | News/Blog
Guest post by Georgianna Ziegler, Folger Shakespeare Library (Emerita) The Franco-Scottish calligrapher Esther Inglis (c.1569–1624) is known for her jewel-like manuscripts rendered in meticulous black and white line or in color. But she also created the earliest known...
by wpengine | May 26, 2020 | News/Blog
Guest post by Isabella Rosner, PhD student at King’s College London The following is a shortened retelling of an article entitled, “‘A Cunning Skill Did Lurk’: Susanna Perwich and the Mysteries of a Seventeenth-Century Needlework Cabinet,”...
by wpengine | May 12, 2020 | News/Blog
A guest post by art historian Louisa Woodville The Flemish-born miniaturist Levina Teerlinc (1510–1576) was a highly-paid member of the Tudor court. Monarchs Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary Tudor, and Elizabeth I commissioned works, including miniatures, from her. She was...
by wpengine | May 6, 2020 | News/Blog
Guest post by Consuelo Lollobrigida, University of Arkansas Rome Center Inside the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, in Rome, there is a beautiful baroque chapel created by Plautilla Bricci, the only woman architect of early modernity. Plautilla’s...
