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The Artist Project

The Artist Project: Roz Chast

Cartoonist Roz Chast reflects on Italian Renaissance painting in this episode of The Artist Project.
From March 2015 to June 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that sparked their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met.

"Sometimes a narrative will occur to me that is funny."

Cartoonist Roz Chast reflects on Italian Renaissance painting in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Roz Chast, born in 1954, is an American cartoonist.

A comic by Roz Chast called

Roz Chast (American, born 1954)

Pigeon Little, published 2009

Ink on paper; 5 × 4 1/2 in, sheet: 11 × 8 in. Courtesy of the artist © Roz Chast

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The Birth of the Virgin, Fra Carnevale (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini) Italian, Tempera and oil on wood
The Birth of the Virgin
Fra Carnevale (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini)
1467
The Nativity, Francesco di Giorgio Martini Italian, Tempera on wood
The Nativity
Francesco di Giorgio Martini
The Conversion of Saint Paul, Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro) Italian, Tempera on wood
The Conversion of Saint Paul
Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro)
Totila before Saint Benedict, Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro) Italian, Tempera on wood
Totila before Saint Benedict
Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro)
Madonna and Child, Filippino Lippi Italian, Tempera, oil, and gold on wood
Madonna and Child
Filippino Lippi
ca. 1483–84