Who Is Sofonisba and Why Was She Awesome feat. Donna DiGiuseppe, author of Lady in Ermine

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Meet Donna DiGiuseppe, author of Lady in Ermine, a stunning biographical novel about Renaissance painter Sofonisba Anguissola.
Highlights:

• Lady in Ermine is "a vivid portrait of a talented woman who defied the conventions of her times." Find out why!
• Who is Sofonisba Anguissola and why is she in the news lately?
• Discover why Giorgio Vasari, who wrote Lives of the Artists, considered Sofonisba's work worthy of the descriptor "invenzione".
• The Prado exhibition in 2019 that expanded Sofonisba's popularity
• Is it true there were "no women artists" back in the day?
• Why Donna DiGiuseppe chose Sofonisba Anguissola as the subject of her debut novel
• Was Sofonisba the Forrest Gump of her time?
• Why was Sofonisba considered one of the premier portraitists of the 16th century?
• A reading from Lady in Ermine
• What was something Donna DiGiuseppe learned from writing Lady in Ermine ?
• What's the next novel about?

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Donna DiGiuseppe's website and more information about Sofonisba Anguissola: www.sofonisba.net
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Music Credits
Intro: Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson
Ad: Celtic Calypso, performed by Lunar Adventures; composed by Gregg Simpson
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Chapters

1. Welcome (00:00:00)

2. An overview of Lady in Ermine (00:01:22)

3. The Renaissance of Sofonisba Anguissola (00:02:40)

4. Recognition of female artists (00:04:29)

5. Why did Donna choose Sofonisba? (00:07:17)

6. What is invenzione? (00:10:39)

7. Sofonisba's portraiture (00:14:38)

8. The challenges of writing fiction about a real person (00:18:41)

9. Will Lady in Ermine make it to the big screen? (00:21:28)

10. The historical era of Lady in Ermine (00:22:13)

11. Advertisement (00:25:28)

12. A reading from Lady in Ermine (00:26:25)

13. What did Donna learn through writing Lady in Ermine? (00:30:48)

14. What is Donna's next novel about? (00:33:02)

15. Why Sofonisba is the Forrest Gump of her time (00:34:10)

16. The audiobook version of Lady in Ermine (00:34:54)

17. Research and mentors (00:35:21)

18. Attribution of Sofonisba's works (00:36:49)

19. Extro (00:39:24)