Elisabetta Sirani

Elisabetta Sirani worked in Bologna, Italy. The city was widely progressive for women. She was able to paint quickly and that got the attention of many people. Sirani was able to support her whole family at 19. She was able to teach many people how to paint. Her skills came from her father, who was a painter before her. She used Christ and portraits of people in her work. 

 

This was one of her most famous works. She works with contrast of blues and then deep red or cream colored clothes. Sirani’s works have lots of details in each piece. Sirani puts a lot of Christian views and biblical portraits in her work.  Like many did in the Renaissance era. She made over 90 pieces in around 11 years. At the time that was widely popular. Her work style was of the renaissance era, and always included people in them. She also often had lots of deep reds and blues as a continuous detail.

 

I was looking over famous artists and she came up. She sparked my interest because she is from Italy and I have Italian ancestors. I enjoy world history as well. I also found it interesting how ahead of the time Bologna was. Her works are also the style I would like to be able to do as well as other styles.