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Michelangelo's last thirty years
In 1534, the 59-year-old Michelangelo (1475-1564) left Florence for Rome, where he worked for nearly 30 years, painting "The Last Judgment" and other ...
The first exhibition of Botticelli's drawings: See how the Renaissance master was born
During the Renaissance, drawings became an integral part of the large number of paintings and murals associated with that period. Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445-151...
Who is "Pesellino"? Discover the obscured Renaissance stars
Francesco Pesellino (1422-1457) was born in an artistic family in Florence, Italy. His maternal grandfather and father were both professional painters. He was m...
Observation｜Female artists of the Renaissance who could not be “covered”
Were there any female artists before the 19th century? In China, most women, whether it is Duan Sheng in the Yuan Dynasty or Gu Hengbo in the late Ming Dynasty,...
Holbein at the Tudor Court: Beneath the Sketch, Endless Drama and Intrigue
When we imagine the characters at Henry VIII's court, the work of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543) almost always comes to mind. Just like the works of...
Discovering the Body: Looking at the Transcendence and Decline of Michelangelo's Paradigm
How have Western artists discovered and depicted the ideal body since the Renaissance? Michelangelo was the first to express the movement of muscles. Raphael, D...
"Dürer's Material World": So Close, Daily Life in Germany Five Hundred Years Ago
Albrecht Dürer's artwork is both traditional and modern. The Renaissance printmaker and oil painter was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1471 and died there in...
Contemplating the Renaissance Fontana: Her nudes are unprecedented
Nowhere in art has the male gaze been more exemplified than in the Renaissance nude, a bohemian style that was especially adept at by the likes of Titian and Br...
Scene｜Botticelli's "Muse" and portraits have come to Shanghai
On the afternoon of April 27, the much-anticipated "Botticelli and the Renaissance" opened at Shanghai Dongyi Art Museum, presenting ten works by the ...
Carpaccio: The Perfection and Decline of the Renaissance Venetian Painter
"Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice," currently on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is the painter...