Italy On This Day

The brief life of a politically astute noblewoman from Ferrara Beatrice D'Este, portrayed in a painting by the 19th century Italian arti...

Father of High Renaissance style left outstanding legacy Bramante made his mark in Rome in the 16th century The architect and painter Donato...

Pupil of Bramante who left mark on Rome The portrait of Baldassare Peruzzi in Giorgio Vasari's 1568 book Lives of the Most  Excell...

Talented Florentine was commissioned by the Popes The Church of Santa Maria de Loreto in Rome was Sangallo's first major commissio...