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The Peacock – a Symbol of Rebirth

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Veronica Knox

  A time traveler must re-experience her previous life as a woman savant to recover the missing paintings of Leonardo da Vinci and reunite with her lost love   ‘PEARL by PEARL’ – the past-life memories of a renaissance woman – by Veronica Knox SYNOPSIS Delphi Sharpe, … Continue reading →

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The Art of Time Travel

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Veronica Knox

                  Traveling back in time to rescue lost art, interact with artists, and be a fly on the wall in the fifteenth-century has been the premise of most of my books starring … Continue reading →

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He’s no oil painting!

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Veronica Knox

If burning books is bad consider this control freak… Florence, Feb 7-1497 Girolamo Savonarola was the mastermind (I use the term loosely) behind the burning of several of Sandro Botticelli’s paintings, and other works of a pagan theme. Only religious … Continue reading →

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Victory for Art

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Veronica Knox

  The ‘Nike of Samothrace,’ also known as ‘The Winged Victory of Samothrace’ is a marble sculpture representing the goddess, Nike (Victory) This Hellenistic statue with its characteristic windblown draperies has been the presiding Queen of the Louvre since its … Continue reading →

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Boy Friday

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Veronica Knox

Meet Count Francesco Melzi, Leonardo’s most important apprentice, secretary, archivist, confidante, guardian bulldog, and the executor of his estate after a friendship of only thirteen years. Francesco, ‘Cecco,’ made his way to Leonardo’s studio in 1506 at the age of … Continue reading →

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Guilty till proven innocent

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Veronica Knox

The Buchi Della Verita or ‘the mouths of truth’ were ballot boxes for anonymous accusations during the time of Leonardo da Vinci. It was one such ‘ballot’ which drove the twenty-four year-old Leonardo into irrecoverable shame that surfaced from time … Continue reading →

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There’s No Place Like Home!

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Veronica Knox

On April 15th 1452, at the 3rd hour of the night, no less. Leonardo’s birth was so recorded by his grandfather. Now that’s precise. Where he was born is another story. Personally, standing in the landscape where Leonardo played as … Continue reading →

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Leonardo’s Pocket Camera

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Veronica Knox

Small ‘libricini’ (pocket sized notebooks) recorded whatever image took Leonardo’s fancy. They were tied to his belt, and captured more detail than an ‘Instamatic.’ Notations of color, size, and even the weather was important to document, as it designated the … Continue reading →

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The Saddest Words in Art…

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Veronica Knox

 NOW LOST… These two devastating words have inspired most of my novels. I write about missing art and the lost lives of artists and their forgotten models who, over time, have become the anonymous heroes and heroines of art. While … Continue reading →

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Nothing Up Her Sleeve

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Veronica Knox

Stuff happens… The lower third of this painting by Leonardo is missing. Where did it go? Was it destroyed through accident or by malicious design? What was this girl holding in her hands? I premise it was a bouquet of … Continue reading →

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