art

December 31, 2014
Jacopo da Pontormo died on New Year’s Eve in 1556 in Florence, where he had been the leading painter of his day.

December 14, 2014
Mary sits on an elaborately decorated throne, her lap creating a throne for her son Jesus.

December 3, 2014
Ada Masoero and Hannah McGivern report in The Art Newspaper that a sculpture by Italian modernist Alberto Burri (d. 1995), which was dismantled in 1989, will be rebuilt in 2015 to honor the centennial of his birth.

November 14, 2014
Rosso Fiorentino Died on 14 November 1540 at Fontainebleau.

November 5, 2014
Mariotto Albertinelli Died on 5 November 1515 in Florence.

November 2, 2014
Italian Mercenary, Bartolomeo Colleoni Died on 2 November 1475.

November 2, 2014
2 November is the Feast of All Souls.

November 1, 2014
1 November Marks the Feast of All Saints .

October 31, 2014
October 31 marks two important anniversaries for the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

October 27, 2014
Italian cardinal and art patron Gentile Partino da Montefiore died on 27 October 1312 in Lucca.