The final few years of his life were highly productive. As well as superb religious works, some secular paintings have also survived.
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When he returned to painting in 1504, he was quick to incorporate the latest developments such as sfumato, and enhanced his landscapes from real life.
Friend and colleague of Raphael, he was on a par with him, and Leonardo da Vinci. First part of a series marking the 500th anniversary of his death.
How northern landscape painting was taken to Italy, and started its long journey to acceptance, and eventually Impressionism.
How could a woman succeed as an innovative professional painter during the Renaissance, and live to the age of 92?
The advent of wet-in-wet, canvas supports, fewer layers, impasto, and visible brushstrokes.
Did Antonello da Messina learn to paint with oils in Flanders, and bring back a revolution to Italy?
A detailed look at the materials and technique in van Eyck’s mature works, and those of Lucas Cranach the Elder.
The late Middle Ages saw many more frescoes and panel paintings survive, and tell stories in greater detail.
I have several times written that early western painting, until the late Renaissance, not uncommonly incorporated multiple copies […]
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