by Penny | 8 Mar, 2021 | Advancing Women Artists AWA, Florentine History, News, Painting, Religious Symbolism, Renaissance Art, Rome - Eternal City, Social History, Women artists
Lavinia Fontana painting of the Maselli family Lavinia Fontana (born 24/81552 – died 11/8/1614) appears to me to have been the ideal artist to undertake this complicated family portrait. In the first place her father, Prospero Fontana, (1517-1521) was...
by Penny | 18 Aug, 2020 | Angels, Books, Florentine History, Footnotes from Florence, Fresco painting, Painting, recommended reading, Renaissance Art
I could not ever deny being a huge fan of English writer E.M. Forster – in particular, I love both his Italian themed novels, I think that Where Angels Fear to Tread sums up the Anglo-Italian liaison with frightening accuracy but I was most touched in my...
by Penny | 30 Apr, 2019 | Designer tiles, Exhibitions, Modern Art, News, Photography, Silverpoint, UK Activity
26th April 2019 Sir Peter Blake surges on as the Artist in Conversation at The Royal Academy Sir Peter Blake It is always a privilege to see an icon in the flesh and I knew that Sir Peter Blake now needed a stick to get around these days – but had no doubt that...
by Penny | 24 Feb, 2019 | Brexit, Brexit fallout, Cooking, Florentine paper, Fresco painting, Garden tours, Painting, Silverpoint
The Leavers Lament is often “You Lost! Why can’t you just accept this fact and deal with it?” The Remainer’s problem with this suggestion is that it is not so simple! Leavers woke up on 26th June 2016 looking towards what they imagine is a...
by Penny | 18 May, 2018 | Advancing Women Artists AWA, Florentine History, Florentine money, Footnotes from Florence, Fresco painting, Medieval History, Modern Art, News, Painting, Religious History, Religious Symbolism, Renaissance Art, Restoration, Saints, Sculpture, Social History, The Last Supper, Women artists
Chronology of Last Suppers This month I have attended a meeting with my friends from the Advancing Women Artists Foundation and discovered that there are two or three Disciples in The Last Supper by Plautilla Nelli that they were still uncertain as to who was who. I...
by Penny | 19 Mar, 2018 | Exhibitions, Florentine History, Medici Pearls, Medieval Money, News, Painting, Religious Symbolism, Renaissance Art, Social History
“Footnotes from Florence” – a personal collection of curious connections between the UK and Florence. “Portrait of a woman in Green” is being shown at the Charles 1 Exhibition at the Royal Academy – Definitely an image of a...
