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Showing posts with label Michelangelo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michelangelo. Show all posts
5 April 2024

Francesco Laparelli - architect and military engineer

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Italian who designed Valletta, the fortified capital of Malta Francesco Laparelli found himself in demand as a military architect The archit...
24 May 2020

Jacopo Carucci da Pontormo – artist

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Painter’s expressive style was the start of Mannerism Jacopo Pontormo's masterpiece, The Deposition from the Cross Painter Jacopo...
7 March 2019

Baldassare Peruzzi - architect and painter

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Pupil of Bramante who left mark on Rome The portrait of Baldassare Peruzzi in Giorgio Vasari's 1568 book Lives of the Most  Excell...
12 January 2019

John Singer Sargent - painter

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Celebrated portraitist had lifelong love for Italy John Singer Sargent, photographed in 1903 by James E Purdy The painter John Singe...
7 January 2019

Ruggiero Giovannelli – composer

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Church musician wrote popular madrigals and songs Ruggiero Giovannelli was maestro di cappella at St Peter's for five years Ruggi...
17 December 2018

Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII

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The day a pontiff finally lost patience with the Tudor king Pope Paul III was born Alessandro Farnese and became pope in 1534 Pope P...
28 August 2018

Elisabetta Sirani – artist

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Sudden death of talented young woman shocked Bologna A self-portrait by Elisabetta Sirani The brilliant Baroque painter and printmake...
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...
16 July 2018

Andrea del Sarto – painter

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The brief career of an artist ‘senza errori’ Andrea del Sarto, captured here in a self- portrait. lived in Florence all his life Ren...
8 July 2018

Artemisia Gentileschi – painter

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Brilliant artist who survived torture by thumbscrews  Artemisia Gentileschi: a self-portrait as a lute player painted in around 1615-1...