How the Renaissance giants created serenely beautiful art amid a backdrop of political chaos
In 1504, three huge figures of the Renaissance era found themselves in Florence, then a city in turmoil. A fascinating new ...
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A visual analysis of ‘Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin’
Mary and Saint Luke are the figures in the foreground, placed on both sides of the composition, while the two more miniature ...
Drawing the Italian Renaissance: a 'relentlessly impressive' exhibition
It delves into the Royal Collection's seemingly "bottomless pit of art treasures" and raids its extraordinary holdings of works on paper from the Italian Renaissance, most of them collected by Charles ...
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Ashmolean Fra Angelico Triptych Saved For The Nation
The Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford has raised £4.5 million to save an early Renaissance painting by Fra ...
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Museum Raises $6 Million to Keep Rare Renaissance Painting in the U.K.
A rare early masterpiece by the Renaissance painter Fra Angelico has been acquired by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England ...