16th century

June 10, 2016
Check out the Getty’s video: “Almost Invisible: The Cartoon Transfer Process,” which explains and demonstrates the design transfer technique used by numerous Italian artists in the 15th and 16th centuries.

June 7, 2016
Closing Soon: “Aldus Manutius and the Renaissance in Venice” There are less than two weeks left to view the groundbreaking exhibition, “Aldus Manutius and the Renaissance in Venice,” currently on display at Venice’s Gallerie dell’Accademia.

April 26, 2016
The arrival of an artist and an art historian: Gian (or Giovan) Paolo Lomazzo was born 26 April 1538 in Milan.

April 23, 2016
The Gallery of Maps , commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII in the late sixteenth century for the Vatican Palace, once again shows off the topography of Italy in all its brilliant color.

April 21, 2016
Happy Birthday to the early-Baroque painter, etcher, and print-maker Ludovico Carracci !

April 17, 2016
The poet Laura Battiferri married the sculptor Bartolomeo Ammannati on 17 April 1550 in Loreto.

April 12, 2016
Architect Antonio da Sangallo the Younger was born 12 April 1484.

April 5, 2016
Painter Lazzaro Bastiani died on 5 April 1512.

March 15, 2016
Exhibition News: “In the Age of Giorgione” opened 12 March at London’s Royal Academy of Art For those interested in further investigations into the elusive Venetian master of the early 16th century, the Royal Academy’s new exhibition, “In the Age of Giorgione,” offers an opportunity to delve into 50 paintings that reflect the overall artistic dynamism of the years 1500-1510 in Venice.

Exhibition News: “In the Age of Giorgione” opened 12 March at London’s Royal Academy of Art For those interested in further investigations into the elusive Venetian master of the early 16th century, the Royal Academy’s new exhibition, “In the Age of Giorgione,” offers an opportunity to delve into 50 paintings that reflect the overall artistic dynamism of the years 1500-1510 in Venice.

February 15, 2016
Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, known as Il Sodoma, died on 15 February 1549 in Siena, where he spent the majority of his career.