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Reject: John Brett’s breathtaking view of Florence

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Painted entirely in front of the motif, and in fine detail, Brett followed Ruskin’s rules for landscape paintings, but this was rejected by the Royal Academy.

August 5, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Rebirth: The rise of narrative painting

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In Florence, stories told in paintings became increasingly secular, and ingeniously integrated multiple scenes from the single story into one painting.

April 26, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Florence: 2 Landscapes

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From Corot to Sérusier, the American Thomas Cole to the British John Brett, a collection of superb landscapes of the city.

February 28, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Florence: 1 History

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Paintings of the city of Florence recreating times past, from Dante’s meeting with Beatrice, to Lorenzo the Magnificent in the late 15th century.

February 27, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Leonardo the Apprentice: Verrocchio’s pupils

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His pupils, and the pupils of those artists, included Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Perugino, Ghirlandaio, and di Credi.

March 17, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Leonardo the Apprentice: Verrocchio and his Studio

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Over 550 years ago, a 14 year-old boy started his apprenticeship with the Florentine painter and sculptor Verrocchio. He was Leonardo da Vinci, and here are some of his master’s works.

March 16, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Boccaccio and the Decameron: Invitation to a new series

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Set in a framing story of the Black Death striking Florence, its ten characters each tell ten stories over two weeks. Many fine paintings result.

November 23, 2018 General, Language, Life, Painting

Palmyra, paintings, and cultural vandalism

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.

April 24, 2016 General, Life, Painting, Technology
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