by Lucille Turner | Apr 29, 2019 | History and Fiction
THE DEATH OF A GENIUS, THE BIRTH OF A LEGEND On the 500 year anniversary of Leonardo’s death, we are drawn to re-imagine the scene in the chateau of Amboise where he died in 1519, recumbent on the small bed in the room above the river, with the French king...
by Lucille Turner | Dec 11, 2016 | History and Fiction
We often hear how the European Renaissance, or rebirth, came about thanks to the influence of the ancient classical world, but why does any of it matter, and what is it relevance today in our new globalised world with its democracies, dictators and various...
by Lucille Turner | Nov 9, 2016 | Art
Many things influence our lives: the people we meet, the place in which we live. For an artist, such influences affect how they see the world and make it into art. Both people and place influenced the life of Sandro Botticelli, another great painter of Renaissance...
by Lucille Turner | Jul 9, 2016 | Art
Many things influence our lives: the people we meet, the place in which we live. For an artist, such influences affect how they see the world and make it into art. Both people and place influenced the life of Sandro Botticelli, another great painter of Renaissance...
by Lucille Turner | Apr 23, 2016 | Art
Do you know anyone who is dyslexic? How about Jamie Oliver, Steven Spielberg, Richard Branson? All successful people, and all able to defy what many perceive as a handicap, but which is really just a state of mind, and sometimes an advantageous one. It was around the...
