renaissance art

June 15, 2014
Lisa Gherardini (aka Mona Lisa), the wife of Florentine cloth merchant Francesco del Giocondo, was born on this day in 1479 in Florence.

May 14, 2014
The Frick Collection hosts Parmigianino’s so-called Schiava Turca from now through 20 July 2014 .

May 13, 2014
The Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) in New York will host twenty-three early Renaissance sculptures from 20 February through 14 June 2015 in an exhibition entitled Sculpture in the Age of Donatello .

February 14, 2014
Beware of Cupid’s arrows!

January 30, 2014
Florentine artist Franciabigio was born on this day in 1484 in Florence.

January 12, 2014
thegetty : For many artists, mythological characters provided a context for the rendering of intense muscular figures.

November 8, 2013
oupacademic : Scholarly Resource Alert! 1

October 31, 2013
Baccio della Porta, known as Fra Bartolommeo, died on this day in 1517 in Florence.

October 10, 2013
A painting kept in a Swiss bank vault is claimed by some to be a lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).

October 2, 2013
From Donatello to Lippi: Officina Pratese on view in Prato through 13 January 2014.