High Renaissance Painting
High Renaissance painting and sculpture in Italian Renaissance art refers to the artistic style of the early 16th century in Florence and Rome. Characteristic of High Renaissance painting and sculpture is…
Category: Italian Renaissance art
The Life of Raphael Sanzio
Italian Renaissance painter, Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520), was born in Urbino to Giovanni Sanzio, a poet and painter in the court of Guidobaldo Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino. With his father’s connections, Raphael…
Stolen Art Recovered: The Saltcellar of Francis I
VIENNA, Austria Spectacular news for art lovers everywhere is the recovery of the 16th century masterpiece, The Saltcellar (Saliera) of Francis I, a magnificent work of gold and enamel of 1540-43…
Danae and the Shower of Gold, Titian Painting of 1554
This Titian painting, Danaë and the Shower of Gold, was commissioned in 1554 by the Hapsburg monarch, King Phillip II of Spain. Titian’s Danaë was a painting theme which the artist…
Nero’s Golden House: The Influence of Classical Greek Sculpture on Italian Renaissance Art
The Roman emperor Nero collected classical Greek sculpture from all over the empire to decorate his Domus Aurea, or Golden House, a pleasure palace. One such classical Greek sculpture of the…
David by Michelangelo, A Symbolic Interpretation
The Italian Renaissance sculpture of David by Michelangelo looms over the town square in the city of Florence like a sentinel, larger than life. This monumental marble statue of David by…
Where Is The Real Mona Lisa Now?
Well, the answer to that question depends on whether you are talking about the painting or the body. Reported by Ansa News on Thursday, January 19, 2007, Italian scholar Giuseppe Pallatini…
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Those little is known of Early Renaissance painter Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494), it is believed that the young Florentine derives his name from his father’s talent for making garlands in his goldsmithing…
The Art of Botticelli: The Face That Launched A Thousand Prints
The visage of a ravishing, young woman appears again and again in the art of Botticelli. It is a face that is almost as familiar to art lovers as that of…
Perugino
Italian Renaissance painter, Pietro Perugino (1446-1524), also known as Pietro Vannucci, was born in Peugia, Umbria. Like so many other artists of the time, Perugino gravitated to Florence probably in the…
