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Text by Vincent DeLuise Author, Educator, Musician at amusicalvision.blogspot.com, Cultural Ambassador, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Artist Andrea Mantegna Title Oculus Year c. 1465-1474 Medium fresco Dimensions diameter: 270 cm (106.2 in) Location Palazzo Ducale, Mantua What a wonder of the Rinascimento is this ceiling!…
Text by Vincent DeLuise Author, Educator, Musician at amusicalvision.blogspot.com, Cultural Ambassador, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Artist Leonardo da Vinci Title Birch Copse Year 1500 Medium Red Chalk on Paper Dimensions 19 cm x 15 cm Location Royal Collection, Windsor Only Leonardo da Vinci could…
Jacopo Ligozzi’s “Ideal Profile of a Young Woman” – A Renaissance Enigma Jacopo Ligozzi (1547 Verona – 1627 Florence), a master of the late Renaissance, was renowned for his meticulous attention to detail and his ability to blend scientific observation…
Text by Vincent DeLuise Author, Educator, Musician at amusicalvision.blogspot.com, Cultural Ambassador, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Artist: Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (c. 1488/90 Pieve di Cadore, Republic of Venice – Died 27 August 1576 (aged 87–88) Venice, Republic of Venice) Title: Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap…
Artist Titian (1490–1576) Title Portrait of Cardinal Filippo Archinto Date 1558 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions height: 114.8 cm (45.1 in); width: 88.7 cm (34.9 in) Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art There’s something eerie about Archbishop Filippo Archinto’s portrait. If you’ve…
Artist El Greco Year c. 1597-1599 Type Oil paint on canvas Dimensions 193.5 cm × 103 cm (76.2 in × 41 in) Location National Gallery of Art, Washington DC Grace in Motion – El Greco’s Saint Martin and the Beggar El Greco did not paint mere moments; he painted…
The Italian Renaissance wasn’t just a chapter in history—it was a rebirth, an explosion of creativity that reshaped the world forever. Emerging from the shadows of the Middle Ages, Italy in the 14th to 17th centuries became a powerhouse of…
Text by Vincent DeLuise Author, Educator, Musician at amusicalvision.blogspot.com, Cultural Ambassador, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Artist : Leonardo da Vinci Title: Madonna and Child with Saint Anne and John the Baptist, also known as the Burlington House Cartoon. Medium: Chalk, Charcoal on…
The mosaic of “Mother Earth” starting from the Gates of Paradise, led the faithful on a spiritual journey through the Zodiac, up to the baptismal font, the point of arrival of grace and salvation. detail of mosaic Mother Earth “Mother…
Domenico Ghirlandaio had a great impact on Italian painting and taught one of the most famous artists of the Renaissance. Discover more about the Old Master in this article. Text By Mia Forbes, BA in Classics for The Collector The 15th-century Italian…
Attributed to Daniele da Volterra (Italian, Volterra 1509–1566 Rome) Title: Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) Date: probably ca. 1545 , Medium: Oil on wood Dimensions: 34 3/4 x 25 1/4 in. (88.3 x 64.1 cm) Classification: Paintings This unfinished portrait has been identified as the work of…
Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520 ), Self portrait Date – 1506, Museum – The Uffizi Technique – Oil on panel, Size – 47.3 x 34.8 cm This painting has been acknowledged as the self-portrait of Raphael as a young…