Renaissance

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by Carol King | Tue, 10/01/2013 - 07:00
In the picture: "Judith Slaying Holofernes" (c. 1620) by Artemisia Gentileschi A round up of some of the exhibitions in the USA featuring Italian arts and…
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by Carol King | Tue, 09/17/2013 - 06:30
Annunciation of San Martino alla Scala, 1481, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli’s masterpiece ‘The Annunciation of…
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by Carol King | Mon, 09/09/2013 - 07:00
Above: "The Banquet in the Pine Forest" (1482/3) is the third painting in Sandro Botticelli's series "The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti", which illustrates…
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by Carol King | Sun, 06/30/2013 - 14:20
UNESCO has inscribed Italy’s Medici Villas and Gardens to the World Heritage List. Twelve villas and two pleasure gardens in the Tuscan countryside make up…
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by Carol King | Mon, 05/27/2013 - 10:20
The Getty Centre in Los Angeles, California is mounting an exhibition dedicated to Renaissance gardens. Called ‘Gardens of the Renaissance’, the show explores…
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by Carol King | Wed, 01/30/2013 - 11:56
Carol King admires a magnificent fresco cycle by the Brescian painter who foreshadowed Caravaggio.Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City…
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by ITALY | Wed, 10/17/2012 - 03:49
The ‘Florence At The Dawn Of The Renaissance: Painting And Illumination, 1300-1350’ exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum
 in Los Angeles opens on 13 November…
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by Gabi Logan | Mon, 08/20/2012 - 00:45
When China's National Museum opened their year-long "Renaissance in Florence: Masterpieces and the Protagonists" exhibit, China Central Television's (CCTV)…
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by John Bensalhia | Mon, 10/17/2011 - 08:22
John Bensalhia recalls the era of the High Renaissance and looks at the work and influence of some of the great artists of that period... The Renaissance: A…
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by Natalie Aldern | Mon, 07/04/2011 - 03:17
Touted as one of the most important artistic discoveries in the last century, a portrait recently attributed to Leonardo da Vinci could soon be the most…