Italian Renaissance Art
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In a often quoted but little studied text, the Profugiorum ab ærumna libri III, Leon Battista Alberti compares the literary invention to the invention of the mosaic: an architect would have recovered the debris of precious materials used... more
Analises all the building projects of Girolamo Riario and his courtiers with a possible attribution to Francesco di Giorgio.
In an unpublished manuscript about exemplary women, Cristofano Bronzini described a visit to the Tuscan court by Giovanna Garzoni while she was still in her teens, and transcribed a poem written there in her honour. This new documentary... more
The elite of Renaissance Italy learnt much about the newly discovered Americas from the journals of explorer Christopher Columbus and from the accounts from the Venetian scholar and explorer Antonio Pigafetta. It was during the... more
Après avoir retracé brièvement l’histoire de la Casa Buonarroti de Florence, maison familiale devenue une sorte de temple domestique à la gloire de Michel-Ange, et présenté Michelangelo Buonarroti il Giovane (1568-1646), le descendant de... more
Il Corpus Del Fondo Edifici Di Culto è una prestigiosa enciclopedia costituita da 4 volumi, di assoluto valore scientifico in cui saranno illustrati, attraverso delle schede e per mezzo di foto a colori di alta qualità, tutti gli edifici... more
This article explores the emergence and significance of printed game boards in Rome at the turn of the seventeenth century. These objects constitute an important and overlooked visual and material aspect of a pervasive culture of gaming... more
Introductory remarks to the special issue of Memorie Domenicane
The book takes an interdisciplinary approach and covers the origins of the Italian Renaissance through the Baroque period. It is comprised of fifteen chapters, organized chronologically, along with an introduction and conclusion. As the... more
To affirm his political regime, Pandolfo Petrucci (1452-1512) took advantage of the potentialities given by the Camera del Comune. It had been the arsenal of the city of Siena for a long time, but Pandolfo changed its organization and... more
A MOST HAVE FOR THE ART HISTORIAN! Dopo la pubblicazione del primo tomo, che raccoglie il patrimonio architettonico e artistico del Fondo Edifici di Culto di 129 luoghi di culto presenti in Piemonte, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia Romagna,... more
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Exhibition held in Milan, Palazzo Reale (April 15th - July 19th, 2015)
Il 29 luglio del 1473 approdò sulla scena perugina un antico anello di calcedonio, che la tradizione venerava come il pegno delle nozze di san Giuseppe con Maria di Nazaret. Prelevato in circostanze non del tutto chiare dalla cittadina di... more
A review of Marcia B. Hall, Colour and Meaning: Practice and Theory in Renaissance Painting, Cambridge University Press, 1992
The dissertation, titled La committenza artistica dei Templari e degli Ospitalieri in Emilia Romagna, tries, through a multidisciplinary approach, to reconstruct the artistic heritage of two monastic and chivalrous Orders in the region.... more
This article considers the emergence of the nude in European art 1400-1600. It explains social understandings of nakedness and how this is affected by class, gender and age; and draws a distinction between the "academic" and "erotic"... more
A MOST HAVE FOR ART HISTORIANS! Proviamo a tornare indietro nel tempo, al fatale 1866. Quell' anno si completava una fase legislativa cominciata sedici anni prima nel Regno di Sardegna con le leggi Siccardi, veniva infatti emanata la... more
Links with Dante Alighieri that can be found in Leonardo da Vinci's works. Direct links in painted, written or drawned works, but also indirect that scholars find as likely source of inspiration. Most of them refer to the Divine Comedy.... more
The round painting known as the Doni tondo, now in the Uffizi Gallery, is the only existing panel painting completed by Michelangelo, whose authorship has never been questioned. There is also a general consensus that Michelangelo painted... more
from: A Companion to Art Theory
Editors(s):Paul SmithCarolyn Wilde
First published:23 January 2008
Print ISBN:9780631207627 |Online ISBN:9780470998434 |DOI:10.1002/9780470998434
Copyright © 2002 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Editors(s):Paul SmithCarolyn Wilde
First published:23 January 2008
Print ISBN:9780631207627 |Online ISBN:9780470998434 |DOI:10.1002/9780470998434
Copyright © 2002 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd