renaissance art

August 13, 2018
The Hounds of Sant’ Agostino, San Gimignano

July 20, 2018
On the 20 th of July 1469 a contract was drawn up between sculptor Niccolò d’Apulia and the governing bodies of Bologna.

July 6, 2018
The Quattrocento Decoration in the Sistine Chapel

May 13, 2018
Real Italian Renaissance Fashion The Metropolitan Museum of Art ’s annual gala held this past weekend attracted quite a bit of outrage and attention for various haute couture interpretations of the theme ““Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” Much was made of the influence of painting upon the designs.

January 11, 2018
Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (better known as Parmigianino) was born 11 January 1503.

November 29, 2017
On 29 November 1425, Construction of the Chapel of St. Julian Began in Pisa.

August 24, 2017
Parmigianino Died on 24 August 1540 in Casalmaggiore at age 37.

July 27, 2017
Lombard artist Cesare da Sesto died on 27 July 1523 in Milan.

May 19, 2017
On 19 May 1455 Filippo Lippi, a leading Renaissance painter in fifteenth-century Florence, had a really bad day.

April 23, 2017
On 23 April 303 Geṓrgios, the young Roman Legion officer was executed.