Vasari praised Masaccio’s fresco, then six years later painted over parts of it, and put his altarpiece in front, obscuring it for nearly 300 years.
Category Archive: Painting
His final frescoes were an inspiration to Michelangelo and others in the Renaissance, and include one of the greatest paintings in Europe.
The first few years of his short career, in which he modelled faces and clothes to bring volume, and started perspective projection.
The importance of perspective in Western painting is hotly debated, but there is no doubt that is has brought about very visible change.
The complete narrative shown in ten paintings. Or did he miss the whole purpose of the story after all?
Byrne-Jones tried to tell the complex story of Perseus and Andromeda in a series of 10 paintings. Here is the story and background.
He painted some of the most wonderful landscapes of the nineteenth century, but today is almost forgotten.
The story of Odysseus meeting Nausicaä has been a major influence in Western narrative. How has it been shown in paintings?
In the last couple of years of his brief life, his watercolours changed, and pushed the boundaries, for others to follow.
In a fraction of the lifespan enjoyed by JMW Turner, Tom Girtin took watercolour to new heights. The first of two parts showing his work.
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