The Hidden Women Artists Of Renaissance

 A woman artist whose papercut potraits outsold three times that of Rembrandt. A young woman artist whose work impressed Michelangelo and whom van Dyck pays homage in her 90s, the woman in Dutch republic who is the pioneer of painting the still life's of breakfast pieces  and  The female sculptor who carved her way to be one among the men and made it as a  sculptor in the basilica. A nun self taught artist who painted 7meters long 'The last supper', Who are these women? And what is their story? (Here is a short information about these incredible woman and their works)





 Every artist or a person fond of art is familiar with the term of renaissance and who does not know the 'Leonardo da Vinci', Michelangelo and Rembrandt. But, the question arises where were the women? Did women artists never exist back then? Could they never make it like the men or they were never allowed to? Why are they hidden away and a lot more. 

The  historian writer  AMANDA VICKERY reveals many such women artists and a lot more of their unknown secrets in her 2018 BBC art show the story of women and art. Click on the link below to know it all.https://youtu.be/DDP0qBpuDr0


( The above images and information are only to give a short brief about the artists , information is derived from Historian Amanda vickery's show and other online sources. The purpose is to only share information related to art and artists with all due credits given and if not mentioned details were not available)


IMAGE SOURCES: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clara_Peeters_-_Still_life_with_silver-gilt_tazza.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Peeters#/media/File:Vanitas_painting,_selfportrait_most_probably_Clara_Peeters.jpg

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