Villa Farnesina: The Hidden Masterpiece of Rome’s Renaissance

Venus and Psyche, 1517-19, fresco, Villa Farnesina, Rome Villa Farnesina, Trastevere, Rome Nestled in the picturesque district of Trastevere, where narrow cobblestone streets are lined with ivy-covered buildings and lively piazzas buzz with local life, Villa Farnesina stands as an elegant reminder of Rome’s Renaissance past. While the city is filled with grandiose landmarks that […]

ON RENAISSANCE GENTLEWOMEN RECEDING HAIRLINE

It is not rare to come across Renaissance paintings depicting women showing a very prominent forehead. Poets’ descriptions of women’s ideal beauty in Renaissance literature played a huge role in shaping women’s beauty canons. Renaissance women worked hard to meet an impossible ideal of female beauty, always created by men. In some of his pieces, […]