The Flood in Oil and Marble
Was Raphael Really OCD?
Raphael's Birthday & 500th Anniversary of his Death
Raphael in the Age of Corona
Images for Readers of Raphael
History of Italian Renaissance Food
Top 20 Must See Raphael Paintings
Meeting Mona Lisa
Top 10 Little Known Facts About the Sistine Ceiling
Top 10 Recommended Books for Fans of Oil and Marble
Shockingly True Things in Oil and Marble
Today, a new Leonardo da Vinci drawing was discovered in France (see featured image). To honor this very real discovery of very real history, here are 10 shockingly true stories from my historical novel, Oil and Marble: a novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo. I wrote lots of imagined bits — that’s why it’s fiction — but these historical facts may surprise you.
Bibliography for Oil and Marble
A lot of people ask about the research that went into my art historical novel, Oil and Marble. I’ve been obsessed with Michelangelo, Leonardo and the Italian Renaissance for over 20 years (I’ve read every book I could find, crawled into …
Leonardo da Vinci: Top 10 Quotes
In honor of Leonardo da Vinci’s 565th birthday today (he was born on April 15, 1452), I’m celebrating with 10 of my favorite quotes attributed to the maestro (yes, many of these can be found in my novel, Oil and Marble).
On Revisiting the Last Supper
Top 10 Questions About Oil and Marble
Historical Fiction: History or Fiction?
I’m an art-historical novelist, so I’m very familiar with the on-going debate at the center of historical fiction: Is it the novelist’s duty to serve the HISTORY or the FICTION? Readers expect to learn something from historical fiction — to …
The Question That Inspired Oil and Marble
The most common question I get about my art-historical novel, Oil and Marble: a novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo, is: “What inspired you to write it?”
For five years, from 1501 – 1505, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti both lived and worked in Florence. Leonardo was an aging master, the most famous of his day. Michelangelo was a young, up-and-coming sculptor.
