Popular Culture
The 1997 film Artemisia, directed by Agnès Merlet and starring Valentina Cervi, the role of Agostino Tassi is played by Serbian actor Miki Manojlovic. It is not considered historically accurate due to the portrayal of the relationship between Agostino Tassi and Artemisia Gentileschi as one of mutual passion.
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“Popular culture is seductive; high culture is imperious.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“I do not see why, since America and her autumn woods have been discovered, our leaves should not compete with the precious stones in giving names to colors; and, indeed, I believe that in course of time the names of some of our trees and shrubs, as well as flowers, will get into our popular chromatic nomenclature.”
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