S ince tears express intense emotion, you’d think great painters would have fallen over themselves to depict people crying. Wrong, says Francesco Vezzoli. “Just Google books about tears in art, ” says...
04.16.2024 Theguardian.com and 1 sitesPlautilla Nelli, born 500 years ago in Florence and the first recognized female artist of the Renaissance, is being celebrated in 2024. Think of Renaissance artists working in Florence and surely name...
04.19.2024 Aleteia.orgAn exhibition in Rome's Capitol Museum explores the legacy of Filippo and Filippino Lippi, one of the most influential father-son duos in art history. When learning about art history, it is not uncomm...
04.15.2024 Aleteia.orgThe Renaissance was an extraordinary period in history characterized by a flourishing of intellectual and artistic achievements. It marked a significant departure from the Middle Ages and brought abou...
04.17.2024 Italychronicles.com and 1 sitesLorenzo de' Medici, also known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, stands as one of the most prominent figures in the history of Florence and the Italian Renaissance, and the foremost member of the powerful Medici family. In many ways, his reign marked the golden age of Florence. Lorenzo's life was multifaceted, encompassing politics, patronage of the arts, diplomacy, and familial relationships, all of which contributed to his enduring legacy. Born on January 1, 1449, Lorenzo inherited not only wealth b...
04.14.2024 Ancient-origins.netOn a wall among the hushed halls of a late medieval Dominican convent in Forlì, near Bologna, you will find the image of a group of four barefoot and beautiful young women eternally gathering pebbles ...
04.18.2024 Mutualart.com and 1 sitesWhen Messi is in the house, he is the biggest star there, even if that house belongs to the Chiefs' star QB, Patrick Mahomes. While the NFL is the most profitable league in the world, it lacks the out...
04.15.2024 Thesportsrush.comMost people think the world consists of various distinctions ranging from fire and water to protons and electrons. But Heinrich Päs challenges this idea, arguing that quantum physics revives the ancie...
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