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Article: Carriera, Rosalba
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CARRIERA, ROSALBA
CARRIERA, ROSALBA
(1675
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1757), Italian painter, known for miniatures on ivory. The eighteenth-century Venetian painter Rosalba Carriera was the first woman painter in history to be credited by many with the initiation of a new style in art, even called by her contemporaries the
go
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t moderne.
Later negatively dubbed the rococo by Maurice Qua
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, a follower of the neoclassicist Jacques-Louis David, this style emphasized pastel colors; a free, spontaneous
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almost impressionistic
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brushstroke; and an elegance and charm that were highly praised by early-eighteenth-century patrons. Carriera also encouraged new approaches in media, which included ...