Aztec Artifact: Largest Aztec Idol Ever Found
As it turns out, the 11 foot long stone slab, an Aztec artifact found on 10/04/2006 with the much publicized Aztec altar may actually be of greater historical significance than the…
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Andrea del Sarto, Eclipsed by Italian Renaissance Giants
While High Renaissance painter Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) spent most of his life in his home town of Florence, Italy, he probably briefly visited briefly both France to work and Rome…
Andrea del Castagno | A Painter of Some Influence
Italian Renaissance painter Andrea del Castagno (1423-1457) was well known for the emotional expressionism and naturalism of his figure style. Castagno’s first noteworthy paintings were executed for the Florentine convent of…
Andrea Mantegna – Leading the Way
Northern Early Italian Renaissance painter and engraver Andrea Mantegna (1431?-1506) is best known for painting heroic figures depicted in sharp perspective through the use of dramatic foreshortening. Andrea Mantegna often placed…
Ancient Greek Theater Unearthed in Athens
ATHENS – 02/19/2007 – There is exciting news in Athens this week. Scholars and archaeologists have been looking for the remains of the ancient Greek theater of Acharnae for two hundred…
Agnolo Bronzino, Court Painter to Cosimo I de’ Medici
Florentine Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572) painted in the mannerist style as the primary court artist of Cosimo I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in the middle of the sixteenth century of…
$50M Bernini Sculpture Donated to Gallery in Toronto
Italian Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s bronze crucifixion sculpture known as Corpus has found a new home. Long thought to be lost, Bernini’s masterpiece was donated in January 2007 to Maggie…
Holy Trinity by Masaccio
One of the most important works of the Early Renaissance is the fresco of the Holy Trinity of 1426-27 by Masaccio. Clearly evident is Masaccio’s absorption and application of Brunelleschi‘s new…
The Life of Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance Artist
Few men have inspired so much speculation in the world of art over the past five hundred years as has the quintessential Renaissance man, Italian Renaissance artist, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).…
