TheAgeofRenaissance1420-1600
HenryVIII,c.1540sPrivateCollection.TheAmbassadors(1533)NationalGalleryLondonBornatAugsburg,Germany,thesonofHansHolbeintheYounger,HolbeinstudiedunderhisfatherandthenwenttoBaslewithhisbrotherAmbrosiusasapprenticetoHansHerbst.SubsequentlyheworkedalsoinZurichandLucerne.HereturnedtoBaselin1519,marriedandsettledthere.TohisSwissperiodbelonghismostlyreligiousworks.In1...[
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TheAgeofRenaissance1420-1600
Melancholia,1514/Selfportraitat28/Ayuonghare,1502Privatecollection/AltePinakothek,Munich/GraphischeSammlungAlbertina,Vienna,AustriaDürer,Albrecht,Germanpainter,printmaker,draughtsmanandarttheorist,generallyregardedasthegreatestGermanRenaissanceartist.Hewasthesonofagoldsmithwhotaughthimtheartofdrawinginsilver-point.In1484hewasapprenticedtotheleadingNurembergpa...[
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TheAgeofRenaissance1420-1600
SchoolofAthens,1510-1511VaticanMuseumsandGalleries,VaticanCity,ItalyThearchetypalartistoftheHighRenaissance,RaphaelreceivedhiseducationinPerugino.In1504hemovedtoFlorencewherehereceivedmanycommissionsforportraitsandpicturesoftheVirginandChild.Soon,hisreputationreachedtheearsofPopeJuliusII,whosummonedhimtoRomein1508.DeeplyinfluencedbyMichelangeloheaddedanewsense...[
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TheAgeofRenaissance1420-1600
StatueofDavidc.1501-1504/CreationofAdamc.1510
Accademia,Florence/SistineChapelceilingRome
MichelangelowasandItalianpainter,sculptorandpoet,oneofthegreatestartistsoftheRenaissanceandaforerunnerofMannerism.HewasraisedinFlorence,wherehetrainedbrieflyunderGhirlandaio.Soonhisobvioustalentbroughthimtothenoticeofimportantpatrons.By1490,hewasproducingsculpture...[
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TheAgeofRenaissance1420-1600
TheLastSupperc.1498/MonaLisac.1503-1506
SantaMariadelleGrazie,Milan/Louvre,Paris
AFlorentinepainter,scientistandinventorandthesupremegeniusoftheRenaissance.LeonardodaVinciwastheillegitimatesonofanotaryandprobablytrainedunderVerrocchio.In1482hemovedtoMilan,whereheworkedfortheSforzas.HischiefworkfromthisperiodwasamajesticversionofTheLastSupper.Thecompo...[
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TheAgeofRenaissance1420-1600
TheAnnunciationc.1420
Prado,Madrid,Spain
FraAngelicowasoneofaselectbandofRenaissanceartistswhocombinedthemonasticlifewithacareerasaprofessionalpainter.Littleisknowabouthisearlyyears,apartfromthefactthathewasbornatVicchio,nearFlorence,andthathisrealnamewasGuidodiPietro.HebecameaDominicanFriacc.1418-1421,enteringthemonasteryofSanDomenicoinFiesole.Forther...[
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TheAgeofRenaissance1420-1600
TheBirthofVenus,c.1485/Primaverac.1478
GalleriaDegliUffizi,Florence
BornAlessandroDiMarianodeiFilipepi,Botticelliacquiredhisnickname(littlebarrel)fromhisbrotherGiovanni,whoraisedhimandwhowashimselfthusnamed.From1458to1467heworkedinthestudioofFraLippoLippibeforebranchingoutonhisown.By1480hewasworkingonhefrescoesfortheSistineChapelandhislesserworksconsis...[
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Renaissance,AFrenchwordmeaning‘rebirth’,alludestothehumanisticrevivaloftheClassicalinfluenceinWesternEuropeinthefourteenthtosixteenthcenturies.AlthoughthefallofConstantinoplein1453andtheconsequentflightoftheintellectualstothewestisoftencitedasthestartingpointoftheRenaissance,the‘rebirthoflearning’hadbegunseveralgenerationsearlierasArabartsandcraftsfilteredthroughSpain.Itwasmarkeduanunprecedent...[
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TheGothicandMedievalAge1300-1500ThegardenofEarthlyDelights(Centralpaneloftriptych),c.1500
Prado,Madrid,Spain
BornJeromevanAkenbutknownbytheLatinversionofhisfirstnameandasurnamefromtheshortenedfromofhisbirthplace’sHertogenboschinNorthBrabant,wherehespenthisentirelife.Boschpaintedgreatallegorical,mysticalandfantasticworksthatcombinedthegrotesquewiththemacabre.Hisoilsarecrammedwithdevil...[
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