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Showing posts with label Giorgio Vasari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Giorgio Vasari. Show all posts
29 November 2018

Agostino Chigi - banker and arts patron

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Nobleman from Siena became one of Europe’s richest men A Roman coin bearing the image of Agostino Chigi, who was one of the 16th centu...
3 August 2018

Antonio da Sangallo the Younger - Architect

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Talented Florentine was commissioned by the Popes The Church of Santa Maria de Loreto in Rome was Sangallo's first major commissio...
18 June 2018

Bartolomeo Ammannati – sculptor and architect

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Florentine artist created masterpieces for his home city Bartolomeo Ammannati sculpted the Fountain of Neptune in Florence Bartolo...
17 October 2017

Bartolommeo Bandinelli - Renaissance sculptor

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Career scarred by petty jealousies Bartolommeo Bandinelli - a self-portrait The sculptor Bartolommeo Bandinelli, a contemporary and...
24 August 2017

Parmigianino - Mannerist painter

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Artist from Parma left outstanding legacy Parmigianino's Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, with which he announced himself in Ro...
16 August 2017

Umberto Baldini – art restorer

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Saved hundreds of artworks damaged by Arno floods Umberto Baldini Umberto Baldini, the art historian who helped save hundreds of ...
10 August 2017

Ippolito de' Medici – Lord of Florence

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Brief life of a Cardinal, soldier and patron of the arts Ippolito de' Medici, as portrayed by Titian between 1532 and 1534, in ...
15 April 2017

Filippo Brunelleschi – architect

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Genius who designed the largest brick dome ever constructed Brunelleschi's Dome dominates the Florence skyline One of the found...
28 March 2017

Fra Bartolommeo - Renaissance great

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Friar rated equal of Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo Bartolommeo's God the Father with SS Catherine of Siena and Mary Magdalene ...