classicism

October 1, 2015
Architect Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola was born on 1 October 1507.

August 11, 2015
Arturo Martini was born on 11 August 1889 in Treviso.

July 16, 2015
On 16 July 1852, self-taught artist Vincenzo Gemito was born in Naples.

November 17, 2014
Today (17 November) is the Anniversary of Venetian Sculptor-Architect Tullio Lombardo’s Death in 1532.

November 30, 2013
Happy birthday Andrea Palladio!

October 25, 2013
Burgonet (Helmet) by Filippo Negroli (1543 )

October 9, 2013
artgalleryofontario : Allegory of the Hunt , 1563 Gaspare Oselli, Italian, 1530 – 1583 Engraving on laid paper trimmed inside platemark: 36.1 x 25.2 cm Purchased as a Gift of Norah Lyle Harris, 2006 © 2013 Art Gallery of Ontario

September 17, 2013
Sculptor Stefano Maderno died on this day in Rome in 1636.

September 13, 2013
Italian painter and printmaker Andrea Mantegna died on this day in 1506 in Mantua, where he had served the Gonzaga dukes as court artist for almost half a century.

August 19, 2013
Architect and theorist Andrea Palladio died on this day in 1580 at age 72.