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Showing posts with label Giotto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Giotto. Show all posts
19 July 2018

Cesare Cremonini - philosopher

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Great thinker famous for Galileo ‘denial’ Cesare Cremonini was one of the most revered Aristotelian philosophers of his day The phil...
13 June 2018

Giovanni Antonio Magini – astronomer and cartographer

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Scientist laboured to produce a comprehensive atlas of Italy The cover of Magini's great work, which was published by his son in 16...
18 February 2018

Blessed Fra Angelico – painter

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Talented Friar became patron of Catholic artists A detail from a Luca Signorelli fresco in Orvieto cathedral, thought to represent...
7 December 2017

Azzone Visconti - ruler of Milan

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Nobleman who used family power to bring prosperity to the city Azzone Visconti's rule saw Milan prosper and expand in the early 1...
1 December 2017

Lorenzo Ghiberti – sculptor

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Goldsmith renowned for 'Gates of Paradise' The baptistry doors known as 'The Gates of Paradise'  Sculptor, goldsmith...
26 September 2017

St Francis Basilica struck by earthquake

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Historic art works damaged in double tremor The Basilica of St Francis at Assisi The historic Basilica of Saint Francis in Assi...
20 July 2017

Giorgio Morandi – painter

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The greatest master of still life in the 20th century Giorgio Morandi pictured in his studio in Bologna in 1953 The artist Gio...
11 February 2017

Carlo Carrà - Futurist artist

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Painter hailed for capturing violence at anarchist's funeral Carlo Carrà, pictured in the late 1930s The painter Carlo Carrà, ...
8 February 2017

Guercino - Bolognese master

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Self-taught artist amassed fortune from his work Guercino - a self-portrait from about 1624-26, which is part of a private collection ...
16 July 2016

St Clare of Assisi

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Birth of the founder of the Poor Clares This fresco depicting Clare of Assisi was painted by the Italian artist Giotto in 1325 St C...