“I need to produce great ideas, and I believe that if I were commissioned to design a new universe, I would be mad enough to undertake it.” Giovanni Battista Piranesi
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November 17, 1778“I need to produce great ideas, and I believe that if I were commissioned to design a new universe, I would be mad enough to undertake it.” Giovanni Battista Piranesi
A feminist prodigy charms the European elite
1741-1807A natural academic creates beauty by the rules
1825-1905Favorite of the salon, a classical painter with an erotic edge
1823-1889Virtuoso painter, political chameleon, complete jerk
1748-1825Painted for Marie Antoinette and never made a dime
1755-1842New York woman of color takes over the world of Italian sculpture
1844-1907Renaissance painter wins the internet
1735-1802A phenom works himself to death
1767-1824A global titan of neoclassical sculpture
1757-1822Making a solid living from Etchings
1720-1778How a murderer invented Baroque painting
1571-1610Your sins and your good deeds will leave a mark
1606-1669Jovial portraitist forgotten for 200 years
1609-1660Heads will roll
1593-1656A great painter — but a perfect entrepreneur
1577-1640Foppish men, elegant women, and cavalier style
1599-1641Mary brings home the bacon
1633-1699The mysterious death of a young art teacher
1638-1665Can you cheat at art?
1632-1675A Caravaggisti embraces silence
1593-1652A mysterious woman paints hyperrealistic brunch
1589-1657Making a solid living from Etchings
1720-1778Making marble move
1598-1680Candle Master
1579-1650Travel, socialize, paint lemons and beans
1600-1670The original peaches-as-butts emoji
1610-1696