All posts tagged "renaissance"
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Artist
Raphael – Renaissance Prince of Painters
February 1, 2020Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino – better known as Raphael – is known for the harmony and clarity...
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Art History 101
10 Things You Need To Know About Jan Van Eyck
January 18, 2020Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter active in Bruges who was born in 1390 and...
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Painting of the Week
Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico
December 22, 2019Our Christmas week Painting of the Week is Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi (c. 1431-2)...
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Bodies And Erotic Art
Celebrating the Male Body in Renaissance Florence
June 17, 2019The adoration of a male body was an inspiration for many artists and there’s no medium...
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dailyart
Perseus and the Head of Medusa – A Very Florentine Story
May 22, 2019Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus and the Head of Medusa is a sculpture that is commonly overlooked. In...
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Artist
Painting of the Week: Artemisia Gentileschi, Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria
March 24, 2019Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 – c. 1656) was ‘one of the best Italian Baroque painters.’ Despite this, you...
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Women Artists
The Surprising Career of Lavinia Fontana: Painter of Popes, Nudes, and Noblewomen
November 23, 2018There weren’t very many women able to become successful artists in Renaissance Europe. There were probably...
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Art Travels
Florence’s Secret Spot: Colosso Dell’Appennino
October 20, 2018A 30-minute drive from central Florence lies a true Tuscan secret: the sixteenth-century sculpture Colosso Dell’Appennino...
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Middle Ages
Let It Be: The Annunciation In Medieval And Renaissance Christian Art
August 28, 2018Religious themes in art have prevailed throughout time. Whether it is Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, or Hinduism...
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Sculpture
Laocoön: The Work of a Lifetime
August 27, 2018The subject The statue “Laocoon and his sons”, attributed to Greek sculptors Agesander, Athenodorus and Polydorus,...
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Japanese Woodblock Prints Ukiyo-e With Snow And Winter
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Mary Cassatt’s Feminist Mural Which Has Gone Lost
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10 Female Artists Forgotten By Art History
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Titian’s Metamorphoses
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Plague in Art: 10 Paintings You Should Know in the Times of Coronavirus
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