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Painting in Italy around 1500 1: Tradition

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Major works from around 1500 by Giovanni Bellini, Mantegna, Botticelli, Perugino, Leonardo da Vinci, and Fra Bartolomeo.

April 2, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Rebirth: Fabrics and materials

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How rendering of the surface texture of fabrics changed during the southern Renaissance, and new techniques were exported to the north.

April 19, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Raphael and Painting: 11 In memoriam Raphael

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A brief overview of his career, with some of his finest paintings, and links to more detailed accounts.

April 6, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Patron Pope: Julius II

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An architect, a sculptor and painter, and a young painter. Add a Pope who wants to be remembered, and this is what happens.

March 12, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Painter by Proxy: The art of Isabella d’Este

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Claimed to have had a constellation of major artists paint for her, what is the truth?What impact did she have on the Renaissance?

March 5, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Raphael and Painting: 6 Stanze and Sibyls

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Eight large frescoes in a style which assimilated what Raphael saw in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, and an arch of sibyls.

March 4, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Raphael and Painting: 3 Becoming Raphael

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During this period spent mainly in Florence, he learned from the innovations of Leonardo da Vinci, who was there at the same time. Raphael’s own style emerges.

February 12, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Raphael and Painting: 2 School of Perugino

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Some of his earliest independent paintings, including two wonderful pairs based on legend and contemporary literature.

February 5, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Raphael and Painting: 1 The state of the art in 1500

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At the time, Raphael was recognised as one of the most important artists in the whole Renaissance. Here’s his starting point, set by Giorgione, Perugino and others.

January 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Words in Paintings 2: References and explanations

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It’s sometimes hard to read a painting without understanding an inscription. Masaccio, Rossetti, Moreau, Corinth and Botticelli gives us some clues.

July 28, 2019 General, Life, Painting

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