Best Gossips on Renaissance Artists by Giorgio Vasari
Known as the first art historian, Giorgio Vasari wrote the legendary book The Lives of the Artists. The book was published in 1550 and followed...
Anna Ingram 8 September 2022
Renaissance
What the Ermine Saw. The Dark History Behind Lady with an Ermine
What the Ermine Saw: The Extraordinary Journey of Leonardo da Vinci’s Most Mysterious Portrait by Eden Collinsworth (Doubleday, May 24, 2022)...
Alexandra Kiely 6 September 2022
Becoming Elizabeth: Tapestries in Starz’s New Period Drama
In Starz’s new period drama, Becoming Elizabeth, the series follows the young Elizabeth Tudor and her rise to the British throne during the...
Anna Ingram 21 July 2022
Donatello: The Real Father of the Renaissance
If someone would ask a regular passerby about the artists of the Italian Renaissance, we would probably hear the names of Leonardo da Vinci and...
Zuzanna Stańska 16 July 2022
Raphael and La Fornarina – The Love Story
Margarita Luti is also known as “La Fornarina”, which means “the baker’s daughter”. According to legend, she was the...
Zuzanna Stańska 10 April 2022
Michelangelo’s Pieta: An Ode to the Sublime
The Pietà – or Virgin of Pity – is the representation of the Blessed Virgin holding her divine son on her knees. This iconic type...
Montaine Dumont 6 March 2022
Titian’s Vision of Women at Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
The Titian’s Vision of Women. Beauty–Love–Poetry exhibition is a major highlight of Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna that runs from 5...
Nicole Ganbold 19 December 2021
The Enfant Terrible of Renaissance Italian Art: 500 Years of Tintoretto in Venice
Tintoretto, the enfant terrible of Renaissance Italian Art has now his moment. Born 500 years ago in Venice, is now celebrated on various exhibitions...
Zuzanna Stańska 13 October 2021
Titian Revisited: Grand Old Man of the Renaissance or Dirty Old Man?
Titian’s sensuous interpretation of Classical myths of love, temptation, and punishment came together for the first time in nearly 500 years, at...
Guest Profile 13 October 2021
Tombs of Leonardo Bruni and Carlo Marsupini: Strikingly Similar or Substantially Different?
In the 15th century, Florence underwent a cultural and artistic peak without parallel, architecture, painting, and sculpture were at their height.
Guest Profile 14 June 2021
Six Wives Of Henry VIII in Portraits
Henry VIII was the King of England who is best known for having six wives and, in particular, killing some of them. He was also famous for doing...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 May 2021
700th Anniversary of Dante’s Death in 15 Great Artworks
Hardly any author has been such a rich source of literary inspiration for the visual arts as Dante Alighieri. His two major works, the La Vita Nuova...
Caroline Galambosova 13 April 2021
