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Onorata Rodiani
Onorata Rodiani (or Honorata Rodiana) (1403–1452) was a "semi-legendary"#Reference-echols, Echols and Williams, p. 358 Italy, Italian painting, painter and Condottieri, condottiere. She was born at Castelleone near Cremona, and also later died there. Killing a cremonese courtier The anecdote for which she is best known was first described in 1590 by Conrado Flameno in his ''Storia di Castelleone'' (''History of Castelleone''). According to him, she was commissioned by Gabrino Fondolo, Cabrino Fondolo, tyrant of the town of Cremona, to decorate his palace with paintings; it is the only record of a commission given to a woman in the Quattrocento.#Reference-greer, Greer, p. 172 While she was painting a fresco, which was her speciality, a young courtier behaved indecently towards her. She killed him with a knife and fled "disguised as a man". Flameno quotes her as saying: Life as a soldier The 1590 ''Storia di Castelleone'' goes on to say that Onorata Rodiani, while tried and pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castelleone
Castelleone (; locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about northwest of Cremona. Castelleone borders the following municipalities: Cappella Cantone, Fiesco, Gombito, Izano, Madignano, Ripalta Arpina, San Bassano, Soresina, Trigolo. Main sights *Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Misericordia, built in 1513-1516 by Agostino de Fondulis in Renaissance style. *Church of Santa Maria in Bressanoro, commissioned in the 15th century by Bianca Maria Visconti. It has Renaissance frescoes of the ''Life of Jesus'' *Parish church of St. Philip and James (1551), with a Renaissance-style exteriori and a Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ... exterior. *Isso Tower (11th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |