Renaissance

MADONNA OF THE CHAIR BY RAPHAEL: CURIOUS FACTS AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PAINTING In the Madonna of the Chair Raphael describes one of the most delicate and tender scenes of all his artistic production. It seems that this painting emanates an infinite tenderness that I could hardly resist when I was in front of it and I exchanged […]

DAVID BY DONATELLO: 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE SCULPTURE AND WHERE IT IS HOUSED What does it come to your mind if I talk about David by Donatello? Some people think immediately of the famous Italian film award; other people, instead, think of the bronze statue by Donatello. In this post you’ll find 5 […]

THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH CANON VAN DER PAELE BY VAN EYCK: 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT A MASTERPIECE The Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele is one of the largest and most famous masterpieces by Jan van Eyck. In terms of size it is second only to the Adoration of the Mystic […]

RAPHAEL ROOMS: 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE ROOM OF THE SIGNATURA Have you ever seen Raphael Rooms? If you happened to be in front of the fresco “The School of Athens” or the “Deliverance of Saint Peter”, I am certain that you remained open-mouthed and looked upwards for a long time. It happened to […]

ART IN THE 16TH CENTURY: RENAISSANCE AND MANNERISM Understanding art in the 16th century means dealing with great artists of Western art, those personalities who have influenced following artists and who, still today, are a model or a reference point. Have you understood who I’m talking about? After the post dedicated to Art in the 15th […]

MICHELANGELO’ S PIETÀ: 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE VATICAN PIETÀ If I think of Saint Peter’s Basilica, the first work of art that comes to my mind is Michelangelo’s Pietà. What about you? It is impossible for you to enter St. Peter’s Basilica and not to notice one of Michelangelo’s masterpieces, the most poetic […]

15TH CENTURY ART: EARLY RENAISSANCE  Studying the evolution of the 15th century art is amazing. Then, if you think that it’s at the end of the 15th century, precisely in 1492, that the most significant event of this wonderful century occurred, that is the Discovery of America, then you’ll understand that creativity and ingenuity are the […]

I’ve often been before the Self-Portrait by Raphael, never in the city housing it (Florence) but always on the occasion of exhibitions of various kinds. This self-portrait is charming and Raphael’s look is the sweetest you can imagine. In this post I’ll analyze the work and describe this painting, also thanks to some curiosities, but I’ll […]

WORKS BY LEONARDO: WHICH THEY ARE AND WHERE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WORKS ARE HOUSED The fascination of Leonardo’s masterpieces, famous and beautiful works, makes everybody agree. In the collective imagination Leonardo is the universal genius, an architect, a scientist, an artist and an engineer, a precursor of times who has left in total only around 20 paintings. In […]

MEANING OF BOTTICELLI’S PRIMAVERA: DESCRIPTION, CHARACTERS I have wondered many times which the true meaning of Botticelli’s Primavera could be, a work that after hundreds years from its creation still exerts a great fascination on a wide public. After the post the Birth of Venus and Botticelli’s muse it was time to describe the other great masterpiece […]

THE DONI TONDO BY MICHELANGELO: WHERE IT IS HOUSED AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS Admiring for the first time The Doni Tondo by Michelangelo Buonarroti was thrilling. I was at the Uffizi Gallery for the traditional high school trip and when I came across it, I understood that art must be experienced at first hand. You […]

JAN VAN EYCK’S WORKS: 5 THINGS TO KNOW Jan van Eyck’s works and some curiosities about the most influential and mysterious artist Western painting has ever had. The perfection of Jan van Eyck’s works leaves you breathless and his technique is the forerunner of that used by many other great artists who will come after him. In […]