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Art History 101 - The High Renaissance The Big Three Names of the High Renaissance were: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti and Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio). These are the very first artists that come to mind when ever the term "Renaissance" is uttered. Towering geniuses of staggeri
Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci, often referred to by just his first name, was the epitome of the term "Renaissance man". Any subject - and there were many - toward which he directed his insatiable curiousity, artistic talent and keen scientific mind found itself
Art History 101 - A Brisk Walk Through the Eras Art History 101 - A Brisk Walk Through the Eras. The High Renaissance to Early Modern Art - 1400-1880.
Renaissance Art and Architecture Sites focusing on art and architecture from the early modern period.
This Date in Medieval History - April 11 Events that took place on April 11 throughout medieval history.
Art imitates architecture: the Saint Philip reliquary in Renaissance Florence
Public ritual in late medieval and Renaissance Florence was largely dependent on the cults of the city's patron saints, relics, and sacred images. (1) ......(Continue Reading) High Renaissance to high rise - two exhibitions of architectural art, various artists, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Palazzo Grassi, Venice,
The Pompidou's exhibit 'The City: Art and Architecture in Europe 1870-1993,' featured drawings, photographs, models and other works that explored the concept ......(Continue Reading)Visiting the Val d'Orcia, birthplace of the Italian Renaissance town
In the heart of Tuscany's province of Siena -- where the first towns built in the Renaissance style were founded -- is the area known as the Val d'Orcia....(Continue Reading)Beauty from a barrel: a new exhibition at the National Building Museum showcases concrete's contribution to architecture
Beauty from a barrel: a new exhibition at the National Building Museum showcases concrete's contribution to architecture....(Continue Reading)Becoming Corbusier: a recent exhibition traced the development of this seminal 20th-century figure from provincial designer to modern architectural master
"He lives in the extraordinary world of the acrobat" was how Le Corbusier referred to himself, describing his profession of architecture in My Work (published in 1960, five years before his death)....(Continue Reading)
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