A muse's job is to penetrate the male artist and bring forth a work from the womb of his mind Jun 2, 2008
Andrea del Sarto, an Italian painter born in 1486, was famously married to his muse, Lucrezia, whose features so closely approached his ideal that he made all his female figures in her likeness, at a time when most other painters were building their beautiful female images on the well-loved bodies of boys. Since then, artists as different as Rubens, Bonnard, Renoir, Charles Blackman and Brett Whiteley have painted their wives over and over again, but their wives were their subjects rather than... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Exhibitions at The Met: Early 2009 Mar 29, 2008
Raphael to Renoir: Drawings from the Collection of Jean Bonna (January 21-April 26, 2009) features some 120 Italian, French and Northern European drawings from the Renaissance to the late 19th Century from a private Swiss collection, including works by , Andrea del Sarto, Claude Lorrain, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Canaletto, Th;odore G;ricault, Eug;ne Delacroix, Georges Seurat, Paul Gauguin and. Pierre Bonnard: Still Life and the Late Interiors (January 27-April 19, 2009) explores the interiors and... (Suite101.com)
Souren Melikian on auctions Feb 19, 2008
It had surfaced in Amsterdam in 1927, when it passed for the work of Andrea del Sarto. Several heads, however, recur in Fra Bartolommeo's "Madonna della Misericordia," painted in 1515. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Events of Early Art Oct 29, 2007
In Lives of the Artists, Vasari says: "Instead of studying, he spent all his time scrawling pictures on his own books and those of others. Was Masaccio admitted to the Florentine Guild? 1422 Masaccio, born Tommaso Cassai, moved to Florence with his family when he was in his teens. In this new hometown he was given his nickname, meaning "Clumsy Thomas," for the little care he gave to worldly matters and to his personal appearance. Did Uccello go to Venice to work on mosaics in St. Mark s? 1425... (Suite101.com)
Arts Guide: Exhibits around the world Jun 27, 2007
Of Charles I, whose turbulent reign was followed by the Commonwealth, Rubens wrote that he was "the greatest amateur of paintings among the princes of the world." The king built up a valuable collection of works by such Italian masters as Andrea del Sarto, Correggio, Dosso Dossi, Lorenzo Lotto and Caravaggio (one of the works was recently re-attributed to him). Bronzes and books also figure in the show. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
'Dürer and Italy': A master's impact on Renaissance art May 19, 2007
Andrea del Sarto, Jacopo Pontormo, Domenico Beccafumi and Agnolo Bronzino were but some of the Tuscans who owed a clear debt to the Nuremberger. 1. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Welcoming home fine old friends Mar 30, 2007
The Sacrifice of Isaac by Andrea del Sarto depicts the most dramatic moment in the story from Genesis 22:1-14. The Florentine painter captures Abraham s anguish as he turns, knife in hand, to face the angel over his shoulder. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
