Italian Renaissance

August 21, 2013
The Worcester Art Museum has announced the acquisition of Veronese’s Venus Disarming Cupid .

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

August 19, 2013
Painter Andrea del Castagno was buried on this day in 1457 in Florence.

August 15, 2013
On this day in 1483, Pope Sixtus IV dedicated the Sistine Chapel to the Assumption of the Virgin , celebrated each year on 15 August.

July 30, 2013
Giorgio Vasari, Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects , 1568.

July 30, 2013
Happy Birthday Giorgio Vasari !

July 16, 2013
On this day in 1557 Vincenzo degli Azani died in Palermo, Sicily, his birthplace.

July 16, 2013
Andrea del Sarto was born in Florence in July 1486, variously reported on the 6th , 16th, and 17th , where he spent the majority of his career.

July 8, 2013
Italian Renaissance at The New York Botanical Garden

July 3, 2013
Duccio, The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew , 1308/11, Tempera on panel, 43.5 x 46 cm (17 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.