SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA RENAISSANCE/SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION RESEARCH PROJECT DYLAN SAWYER WHO WAS SOFINISBA ANGUISSOLA? SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA WAS AN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE PAINTER WHO HAD A SIBLING, LUCIA ANGUISSOLA. SHE WAS AN INSPIRATION TO OTHER PAINTERS AND ART HISTORIANS BUT SOME OF HER PAINTINGS WERE COPIED BY FUTURE ARTISTS. WHAT DID SOFONISBA BELIEVE? SHE BELIEVED PAINTINGS SHOULD BE PERSONAL SHE WAS INTERESTED IN SHOWING EMOTION IN HER PAINTINGS SHE WAS DEEPLY RELIGIOUS AND THAT SHOWS IN HER PAINTINGS AS WELL WHERE DID SOFONISBA LIVE? SOFONISBA LIVED IN CREMONA, LOMBARDY SHE ALSO SPENT TIME IN ROME, SICILY AND SPAIN WHEN DID HER PAINTINGS TAKE PLACE? SHE PAINTED HER PAINTING BETWEEN 1550 AND 1620 WHY WERE HER PAINTINGS SIGNIFICANT? SHE WAS THE ONLY WOMAN PAINTER DURING THE RENAISSANCE EVEN THOUGH MOST PAINTERS BACK THEN WERE MEN. SHE INSPIRED WOMEN TO BE ARTISTS SHE WAS A TEACHER WHO TAUGHT OTHER ARTISTS HOW DID HER PAINTINGS AFFECT PEOPLE? MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING ROYALTY, JUDGED HER TO BE A GREAT ARTIST. SHE INSPIRED MANY SHE SET AN EXAMPLE THAT WOMEN COULD BE ARTISTS TOO