Delving into Paolo Uccello's 'The Miracle of the Desecrated Host,' a vivid depiction of a tragic event from 1290s Paris. A testament to the artist's pioneering perspective techniques, this piece powerfully mirrors societal narratives of its time. #ArtHistory #RenaissanceArt #PaoloUccello #art #history https://weirditaly.com/2023/06/18/shadows-and-light-uccellos-tragic-tale-in-the-miracle-of-the-desecrated-host/
#History #Art #paolouccello #RenaissanceArt #arthistory
Delving into Paolo Uccello's 'The Miracle of the Desecrated Host,' a vivid depiction of a tragic event from 1290s Paris. A testament to the artist's pioneering perspective techniques, this piece powerfully mirrors societal narratives of its time. #ArtHistory #RenaissanceArt #PaoloUccello #art #history https://weirditaly.com/2023/06/18/shadows-and-light-uccellos-tragic-tale-in-the-miracle-of-the-desecrated-host/
#History #Art #paolouccello #RenaissanceArt #arthistory
> Not only did he admire the painters of the early Renaissance, he applied serious analysis of his own to their techniques, observing about the Siennese and Florentine Primitives: “Their insistence on making monuments smaller than men is a result not of an ignorance of the laws of perspective but of a persistence in giving importance to the men and saints whom they depict.”
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308971696_Albert_Camus_Engages_the_visual_Arts
#Camus #AlbertCamus on #HumanScale #SacredScale #FlorentinePrimitives #RenaissanceArt #Sienneese
#sienneese #RenaissanceArt #florentineprimitives #sacredscale #humanscale #albertcamus #camus
> Not only did he admire the painters of the early Renaissance, he applied serious analysis of his own to their techniques, observing about the Siennese and Florentine Primitives: “Their insistence on making monuments smaller than men is a result not of an ignorance of the laws of perspective but of a persistence in giving importance to the men and saints whom they depict.”
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308971696_Albert_Camus_Engages_the_visual_Arts
#Camus #AlbertCamus on #HumanScale #SacredScale #FlorentinePrimitives #RenaissanceArt #Sienneese
#sienneese #RenaissanceArt #florentineprimitives #sacredscale #humanscale #albertcamus #camus
The Ghent Altarpiece, otherwise known as The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, is a painted panel altarpiece created in 1432 for the Vijd Chapel in the church of St. https://www.worldhistory.org/Ghent_Altarpiece/ #History #GhentAltarpiece #JanvanEyck #RenaissanceArt
#RenaissanceArt #JanvanEyck #ghentaltarpiece #History
The Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child by Sandro Botticelli, 1485.
#ClassicArt #Art #Painting #PublicDomain #ItalianArtist #15thCenturyArt #Renaissance #RenaissanceArt #ItalianRenaissance #ReligiousArt #ChristianArt
#italianartist #ChristianArt #ReligiousArt #italianrenaissance #RenaissanceArt #renaissance #15thcenturyart #PublicDomain #Painting #Art #classicart
#Apollo #dancing with the #Muses, c1514-23
By Baldassare #Peruzzi who died #otd in 1536.
#PalazzoPitti #Renaissance #Renaissanceart #Melpomene #Euterpe #Terpsichore #Clio #Calliope #Erato #Polyhymnia #Urania #Thalia #onthisday #greekgods #classicalmythology #16thCentury #9muses #historyofart #histodons #histodon #earlymodern @earlymodern @histodons @histodon
#apollo #dancing #muses #peruzzi #otd #palazzopitti #renaissance #RenaissanceArt #melpomene #euterpe #terpsichore #clio #calliope #erato #polyhymnia #urania #thalia #OnThisDay #greekgods #classicalmythology #16thcentury #9muses #historyofart #histodons #histodon #earlymodern
"Given the familiarity of the David, it is difficult for us to appreciate just how novel it is. I believe David looks as it does because Michelangelo... was free to carve a completely original work. And that is precisely what he did." https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/how-michelangelo-made-david-into-a-giant-2412/?fbclid=IwAR2buw03QR0pKVDQgVTpaY_lC3D_I96FC-N-Y7DbT9WCSHRPROVVeM3tbAg
#sculpture #Renaissanceart #florentineart #potterdayart #italianrenaissance #arthistory #artmuseum
#artmuseum #arthistory #italianrenaissance #potterdayart #florentineart #RenaissanceArt #sculpture
Saint Augustine in His Cell by Sandro Botticelli, 1490-1494.
#ClassicArt #Art #Painting #PublicDomain #ItalianArtist #15thCenturyArt #Renaissance #RenaissanceArt #ItalianRenaissance #ReligiousArt #ChristianArt
#ChristianArt #ReligiousArt #italianrenaissance #RenaissanceArt #renaissance #15thcenturyart #italianartist #PublicDomain #Painting #Art #classicart
He was just a boy, but he came to epitomize male beauty, and his fame was such that he was forever known simply as "David". No other male figure has captured the public imagination so enduringly or been such an important vehicle for artistic endeavour. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230227-the-original-and-most-iconic-male-model
#sculpture #renaissance #renaissanceart #arthistory #artgallery #artmuseum #potterdayart
#potterdayart #artmuseum #artgallery #arthistory #RenaissanceArt #renaissance #sculpture
The Virgin and Child Enthroned (Bardi Altarpiece) by Sandro Botticelli, 1484-1485.
#ClassicArt #Art #Painting #PublicDomain #ItalianArtist #15thCentury #15thCenturyArt #Renaissance #RenaissanceArt #ItalianRenaissance #Altarpiece #ReligiousArt #ChristianArt #VirginMary #VirginAndChild #Jesus #Christ #JesusChrist #BabyJesus #ChristChild #Saints
#saints #christchild #babyjesus #jesuschrist #christ #jesus #virginandchild #virginmary #ChristianArt #ReligiousArt #altarpiece #italianrenaissance #RenaissanceArt #renaissance #15thcenturyart #15thcentury #italianartist #PublicDomain #Painting #Art #classicart
NEW ESSAY: The Power of Artemisia Gentileschi’s JUDITH AND HER MAIDSERVANT WITH THE HEAD OF HOLOFERNES
A breakdown of a vital piece of fine art from my childhood by Renaissance master Artemisia Gentileschi.
#art #artist #femaleartist #finearts #classicalart #renaissanceart #ArtemisiaGentileschi #womeninart #trailblazerss #culture #feminism
#art #artist #femaleartist #finearts #classicalart #RenaissanceArt #artemisiagentileschi #womeninart #trailblazerss #culture #feminism
Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci by Sandro Botticelli, 1475-1480.
#ClassicArt #Art #Painting #PublicDomain #ItalianArtist #15thCentury #15thCenturyArt #Renaissance #RenaissanceArt #ItalianRenaissance #Portrait #FemalePortrait #SimonettaVespucci #Nobility
#nobility #simonettavespucci #femaleportrait #Portrait #italianrenaissance #RenaissanceArt #renaissance #15thcenturyart #15thcentury #italianartist #PublicDomain #Painting #Art #classicart
The Spring by Sandro Botticelli, late 1470s or early 1480s.
#ClassicArt #Art #Painting #PublicDomain #15thCentury #15thCenturyArt #Renaissance #RenaissanceArt #ItalianRenaissance #ItalianArtist #Primavera #Spring #Mythology #MythologicalArt #ClassicalMythology #GreekMythology
#mythologicalart #italianartist #greekmythology #classicalmythology #mythology #Spring #primavera #italianrenaissance #RenaissanceArt #renaissance #15thcenturyart #15thcentury #PublicDomain #Painting #Art #classicart
The Spring by Sandro Botticelli, late 1470s or early 1480s.
#ClassicArt #Art #Painting #PublicDomain #15thCentury #15thCenturyArt #Renaissance #RenaissanceArt #ItalianRenaissance #ItalianArtist #Primavera #Spring #Mythology #MythologicalArt #ClassicalMythology #GreekMythology
#mythologicalart #italianartist #greekmythology #classicalmythology #mythology #Spring #primavera #italianrenaissance #RenaissanceArt #renaissance #15thcenturyart #15thcentury #PublicDomain #Painting #Art #classicart
If you find yourself in D.C., make sure you see this. Carpaccio is magnificent.
A ‘Magic Mirror’ of Venice https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2023/02/23/a-magic-mirror-of-venice-vittore-carpaccio #art #ItalianArt #Renaissance #RenaissanceArt #Venice
#italianart #renaissance #art #RenaissanceArt #venice
The scene is not always as it appears, and, sometimes, it raises more questions than answers. Case in point: Jan van Eyck's enigmatic 'Arnolfini and his Wife' (1434). https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-3-major-misconceptions-jan-van-eycks-enigmatic-arnolfini-portrait
#renaissanceart #arthistory #artmuseum #potterdayart #portraitart #flemishart #realism
#realism #flemishart #portraitart #potterdayart #artmuseum #arthistory #RenaissanceArt
Detail of Saint Ambrose with Ambrosius van Engelen by Albert Bouts and workshop (c.1520).
#art #RenaissanceArt #pink #albertbouts #detail
Detail of Portrait of a woman, aged sixteen by Hans Eworth (1565).
#art #renaissance #RenaissanceArt #hanseworth