The Artist Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)
Venetian Renaissance artist Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (c. 1485-1576) was at the apex of the Venetian school of painting during the Italian Renaissance. The artist Titian received much of his training in…
Category: Italian Renaissance art
Lorenzo de’ Medici | Art Patron Extraordinaire
Italian Renaissance art patron Lorenzo de’ Medici married a highborn Roman noblewoman of the Orsini family, and his daughter married Pope Innocent VIII’s son who was conceived prior to the pope…
Lorenzo de’ Medici | The Pazzi Conspiracy
Famous Italian Renaissance art patron Lorenzo de’ Medici (1449-1492) ruled Florence with his brother Giuliano de’ Medici from 1469-78 when Giuliano was assassinated. Lorenzo de’ Medici ruled alone until his own…
Proto-Renaissance or Trecento in Italy
The Proto-Renaissance or Trecento (from Italian “mille trecento,” 1300) refers to Italian culture of the 14th century. It was in the Proto-Renaissance that the ornamental, very detailed, International Gothic style of…
The Rise of the Medici, Florentine Bankers
At the heart of Italian Renaissance patronage was the rise of the Florentine Medici family. It is unclear exactly where the name Medici originated, but by the early fifteenth century, Giovanni…
Antonio Pollaiuolo | Dissecting Corpses for Art
Patronized by the Medici family, the workshop owned by the brothers Antonio and Piero Pollaiuolo was a thriving business in Florence during the Early Italian Renaissance. The Pollaiuolo brothers executed bronze…
The Dark Side of Art: Botticelli, Lorenzo and Savonarola Part 2
<< Previous 1 [2] 3 4 Next >> As the High Renaissance was ushered in at the beginning of the sixteenth century, Botticelli had already fallen into disfavor, at times barely…
Art Patronage in the Italian Renaissance
Art patronage in the Italian Renaissance came from different sources, both public and private, religious and secular, much as it does today. It was not always so. Times were hard for…
For That Knee Alone, A Tale of Italian Renaissance Rivals Part 1
<< Previous [1] 2 Next >> This article was published in October, 2006 under the following title. For That Knee Alone Most people think learning history is boring, something that’s required…
Raphael’s Madonna of the Chair
Raphael’s Madonna della Seggiola (Sedia), also known as Madonna of the Chair, is one of Raphael’s most intimate Madonna paintings. The 1514 image of Italian Renaissance master Raphael’s Madonna is bathed…
