Arizona Daily Wildcat

Renaissance painters might have used lenses

Research by a UA optics professor suggests some of the Renaissance’s grand masters had a little help with their paintings. Charles Falco, an optical science professor, said his research shows painters ...
AOL

Famous Artists Who Defined And Continue To Shape The World Of Art

Whether you admire the emotional canvases of the Italian Renaissance or get curious about contemporary art installations, art has the power to breach boundaries, evoke certain emotions, and inspire ...
Artnet

The Prado’s Second Exhibition Dedicated to Female Artists—Ever—Tells the Story of Two Old Masters Who Were Famous and Then Forgotten

They were famous in their day, but the female Renaissance artists Lavinia Fontana (1535–1625) and Sofonisba Anguissola (1552–1614) quickly slipped into obscurity. The latter’s paintings have been ...
National Catholic Register

Sister Plautilla Nelli, the Forgotten Woman Painter of the Renaissance

She is the first woman to be mentioned by artist and historian Giorgio Vasari in his famous Lives of the Most Excellent Painters (1568). Sister Plautilla Nelli, a Dominican nun who spent her religious ...