Travelling on a whirlwind European adventure, Myranda is surprised to see so much female representation and takes a moment to be inspired by Women and art. I’m about a week in to a five-week journey through Europe, and am greatly enjoying exploring the art I’m seeing – particularly how women feature. As I’m currently blogging on my travels on my own blog, I thought instead to share a small selection of photos taken representing women in art seen to date. This is Chateau Chenonceau, also known as the Ladies’ Castle. All its most prominent and famous owners have been women. I learned about Chenonceau in a history class 14 years ago, and had wanted to go ever since. Now I have. One of my favourite anecdotes about this chateau is that, during the French Revolution, the owner, Louise Dupin, was saved when the revolutionaries came marching for her. Her home was the closest “bridge” and she let the area residents through. When they came to take her and burn the castle down, the people said “NON!” They weren’t taking their bridge, and they weren’t taking the nice lady who let them walk through her house either. And so it stands […]

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