AIR: Hannah Charlton Blog Post
The sibyl Almathea has a story every artist should read. Almathea brought King Tarquin nine books to sell, but the proud king refused to pay the price she asked for. So Almathea burned three of the books before the king, then offered the remaining six for the same price as before. The king agreed.1 Any artist who has been told their prices are too high, […]
Busa & Marguerite de la Rivière
The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan was completed in the early 15th century, and today is one of her most famous books. Her writing career was long and varied, but somehow I had never heard of Christine or her books until I started studying illuminated manuscripts. The City tells the stories of famous women in […]
