Why choose Arthenice as name painter?
For 3 reasons: The first
because it is an anagram of Catherine (we stay on familiar ground!)
The second to the original and the rarity of the name.
The third tribute to Catherine de Rambouillet.
Who was Catherine de Rambouillet?
A French woman of Italian origin who lived in the seventeenth century.
It was the first woman in the world to create a literary salon. These famous salons always presided over by women for over 300 years, until the nineteenth century. Our life and social situation does not allow us, for obvious reasons management of our "time" to indulge in this noble activity. The lounges have contributed
forever changing mores and literature. They also developed "The art of conversation in the French" and participated in the radiation of the "Enlightenment" worldwide. Catherine de Rambouillet
renamed Arthenice "by Malherbe, therefore created the first literary salon in 1608 and the anima for over 60 years ... Ladies of Lafayette and Sevigne actively frequented among many artists, writers and thinkers that they are men or women.
In conclusion I would say that more than 80 trade fairs held exclusively by women existed in France during the last 4 centuries. The French Academy
she was back in its ranks only female elected its first three centuries after its creation ... It was said that Marguerite Yourcenar (referring to salonnières) "I am tempted to step aside to let their shadows ..."
(Sources: Wikipedia and other sites on this topic)
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