Vanessa (Millais painting) Vanessa (Millais painting) Vanessa (1868) is a painting by John Everett Millais in Sudley House, Liverpool. It is a fancy portrait depicting Jonathan Swift's close friend and correspondent Esther Vanhomrigh (1688-1723), who was known by that nickname, which Swift himself invented for her. "Vanessa" represents a major departure in Millais's art because he abandons fully for the first time the detailed finish that was still to be seen in "Waking" and "Sleeping", exhibited in the previous year. Influenced by the work of Diego Velázquez and Joshua Reynolds, Millais paints with dramatic, visible brush strokes in vivid colours, creating what has
Vanessa Van Edwards a set of experiments on TED talks and presented her research at SXSW in March 2015. Her lab has also conducted research on the TV Show Shark Tank and analyzed hand gestures in presidential inaugural addresses. Van Edwards is the author of the books Human Lie Detection and Body Language 101 and Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I'm Grounded with Plume (Penguin USA) under her maiden name, Vanessa Van Petten. Vanessa Van Edwards Vanessa Van Edwards is a behavioral investigator and national best-selling author of "Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People" (2017). She is also a