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Iaia of Cyzicus ( el, Ιαία της Κυζίκου), sometimes (incorrectly) called Lala or Lalla, or rendered as Laia or Maia, was a Roman painter, born in Greece, and relatively exceptional for being a woman artist. She was alive during the time of Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC). In '' De Mulieribus Claris'', his book of women's biographies, Boccaccio refers to her as "Marcia", possibly confusing her with the Vestal Virgin of that name.
Most of her paintings are said to have been of women. Pliny attributes to her a large panel painting of an old woman and a self-portrait. She was said to have worked faster and painted better than her male competitors, Sopolis and Dionysius, which enabled her to earn more than them.
Iaia of Cyzicus ( el, Ιαία της Κυζίκου), sometimes (incorrectly) called Lala or Lalla, or rendered as Laia or Maia, was a Roman painter, born in Greece, and relatively exceptional for being a woman artist. She was alive during the time of Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC). In '' De Mulieribus Claris'', his book of women's biographies, Boccaccio refers to her as "Marcia", possibly confusing her with the Vestal Virgin of that name.
Most of her paintings are said to have been of women. Pliny attributes to her a large panel painting of an old woman and a self-portrait. She was said to have worked faster and painted better than her male competitors, Sopolis and Dionysius, which enabled her to earn more than them.
Life
Born in Cyzicus, Iaia was a famous painter and ivory carver. She probably came to Rome to meet the demand for art there in the late Roman Republic. Iaia remained unmarried all her life.Influence on culture
Iaia is one of several female artists of antiquity mentioned in Pliny the Elder's '' Natural History'' (XL.147–148). Four others are Timarete,Irene
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, Aristarete, and Olympias. Pliny also possibly lists a fifth, Calypso, though this interpretation is disputed; most scholars accept an alternative reading in which Calypso is the subject of a painting by Irene. Iaia (as "Marcia") is one of three women artists mentioned in Boccaccio's '' De mulieribus claris''.
The character of Julie Lambert, protagonist of the novel ''Shining Harmony'' (2017), and of the poetic anthology ''Living and Not Living'' (2018), both by Italian writer Sabrina Gatti
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, was inspired by Iaia. In the novel, Julie, a talented painter, sees in Iaia the artist to emulate, and dedicates to her a painting where she portrays the Roman painter, intent on painting in her atelier; while in "Living and not living", the young woman is completely identified with Iaia.
Iaia (as Lalla) is one of the names featured on Judy Chicago's '' Heritage Floor''.
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References
* Helen Gardner, Fred S. Kleiner, Christin J. Mamiya, '' Gardner's Art Through the Ages'', Thomas Wadsworth, 2004; . * Pliny the Elder, ''Natural History'', 35.40,147.L * Virginia Brown's translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's ''Famous Women'', pp 135 – 137; Harvard University Press, 2001; * Harris, Anne Sutherland and Linda Nochlin, ''Women Artists: 1550-1950'', Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Knopf, New York, 1976, pg. 23. {{DEFAULTSORT:Iaia 1st-century BC Greek people Ancient women artists Ancient Roman painters Year of death unknown 1st-century BC Roman women 1st-century BC Romans 1st-century BC painters People from Cyzicus