Muse of a master expected to draw a record price Oct 22, 2009
Raphael used the drawing for one of the muses alongside Apollo in his magnificent fresco Parnassus (1508-11) in the Stanza della Segnatura at the Vatican, executed during one of the most fertile periods of Renaissance art. While Raphael, still in his 20s, was labouring on his series of four frescoes commissioned by Pope Julius II, the slightly older Michelangelo was metres away, painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Exhibit showcases paintings of ancient Rome Sep 23, 2009
The exhibit "Roman Imperial Painting," which opens Thursday, follows the development of Roman painting over the centuries and its influence on Medieval and Renaissance art, officials said Tuesday. The exhibit at the Scuderie del Quirinale, a museum fashioned from the stables of Rome's Quirinal Palace, runs through January 17. (MSNBC -- Technology)
• East Minico Spuds tour Wilson Theatre Sep 12, 2009
East Minico Spuds tour the historic Wilson Building and Theatre in Rupert with Earl Corless of the Renaissance Art Center ... Earl Corless, with the Renaissance Art Center, conducted the tour for the students, highlighting the building and new kiosk displays outside the building. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
'New Silk Road' Runs Through Dubai Jul 31, 2009
Inside, the fluorescent lights and bare-bones interior showcase everything from power tools to furniture to imitation Renaissance art. See the world's largest trading hub for Chinese goods outside of China. (ABC News)
Hospice patients find peace in heavenly instrument Jul 26, 2009
Perhaps they always have: Harps were found in Egyptian tombs and angels were often depicted playing the instrument in Renaissance art. Gunderson says the instrument has a unique ability to bring people together. (AZCentral -- News)
Breaking the code Jul 13, 2009
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Art of the state Jul 13, 2009
"Alongside books on Islamic calligraphy, Dada, Renaissance art, cave art, there's one on Melbourne graffiti art," says Duro Cubrilo who, along with Martin Harvey and Karl Stamer, wrote Kings Way: The Beginnings of Australian Graffiti, Melbourne 1983-93. During the 1980s, Melbourne's trains and railway lines burned with this graffiti, mostly done by teenagers armed with aerosol cans. (The Age, Australia)
Lieberman's works make a big impression Jul 11, 2009
A historian of Renaissance art at Williams, Lieberman is a man who savors solidity, and these are load-bearing photographs. He likes to convey a sense of the density and weight of the past no less than the density and weight of material structure. (Boston Globe)
Budget Travel in Lisbon Jul 9, 2009
One strong recommendation is the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, which has an excellent collection of Greco-Roman, Far Eastern, and Renaissance art. The museum hosts a Sunday concert series that is free. (Suite101.com)
Gardner Museum tears down carriage house at heart of dispute Jul 7, 2009
Rather it was an aesthetic utopia called Altamura that had been imagined by her collaborator, the great Renaissance art historian Bernard Berenson, in an essay of 1897. The Altamurans in that fictional essay lived in a palace monastery where art was believed to possess redemptive and spiritually elevating powers. (Boston Globe)
Medieval Religious Art as Education Jun 17, 2009
The Symbols of Bible and Church History Reinforced Faith. The art of the Middle Ages was subordinated to the Christian experience on an everyday level and helped to educate illiterate peasants about their faith and cosmology. (Suite101.com)
The Traveler's Aid May 29, 2009
He laces his guides with short and vivid histories and a scholar's appreciation for Renaissance art yet knows the best place to start an early tapas crawl in Madrid if you have kids. His clear, hand-drawn maps are Pentagon-worthy; his hints about how to go directly to the best stuff at the Uffizi, avoid the crowds at Versailles and save money everywhere are guilt-free. (Time.com)
Dubious origins May 25, 2009
"Even major works of art rarely have supportive documents," said Cristina Acidini Luchinat, the superintendent of Florence's state museum and a renowned expert on Renaissance art ... "To survive, a young artist would have had to do small works of this sort," says Giancarlo Gentilini, a Renaissance art expert ... I went to Florence, where Michelangelo was raised and worked, to meet two other world-class specialists on Renaissance art, Tomasso Montanari and Francesco Caglioti. (BBC News -- Europe)
Which Portugal is right for you? May 22, 2009
Oil magnate Calouste Gulbenkian acquired a huge collection of Egyptian, European and Oriental artifacts and Renaissance art, which was brought to Lisbon after his death. Highlights include intricate Roman jewelry, opulent Moorish carpets and tapestries, paintings by Rembrandt and Van Dyck, and an extensive collection of Ren; Lalique's art nouveau glassware. (CNN -- Travel)
What fate for the carriage house that Mrs. Jack built? May 17, 2009
The latest unrest has been fueled by a new essay by Robert Colby, a scholar with a PhD in Renaissance art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London who recently completed a temporary stint as a curatorial fellow at the Gardner. Colby's essay draws on a 1978 article by Rollin Hadley, a former director of the museum, which notes that the Carriage House's facade was inspired by a photo of the ceremonial archway of Altamura, a town in southern Italy. (Boston Globe)
On the side of the angels? Film critics tackle Da Vinci code sequel May 7, 2009
It's still a runabout with footnotes about clues embedded in Bernini statues, as if Renaissance art were all on a level with Where's Wally, but at least it's more urgent than last time. However, there are problems with the film that wouldn't get past development if they weren't ported over from a presold hit book. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
John Howett, found purpose to life in art Apr 12, 2009
Dr. Howett focused mainly on early Italian Renaissance artists and was attracted to the mystical and spiritual nature of that period. But his interest in contemporary art was no less passionate than his interest in Renaissance art, his wife said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Renaissance Venice's Big Men on Canvas Apr 11, 2009
He could make the conventions of Renaissance art more intimate and candid or he could enlarge them, launching the Virgin theatrically into the heavens or planting her throne high among spectacular settings of Classical arches and columns. It matters that he came of age just as artists were abandoning wood panels in favor of stretched canvas especially in Venice, a maritime power where ship's canvas was everywhere and turning away from fresco or egg tempera to the relatively new and more pliant... (Time.com)
Italy spends to lure tourists as crisis bites Apr 1, 2009
Venetian canals, Roman ruins and Italy's wealth of Renaissance art have long attracted travelers but the economic slowdown and weaker foreign currencies prompted a 5 percent fall in tourism revenues in 2008, tourism chief Matteo Marzotto said. That loss of about 4 billion euros translated into a 0. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Building character outside the classroom Apr 1, 2009
And I can't really tell you much about the pieces of art I studied in Ancient to Renaissance Art. However, college has offered some life-changing opportunities that define who I am and how I will live my life. (University News, MO)
Small but memorable, Korean exhibit at Met delivers Mar 25, 2009
Photos: Korean Renaissance Art. Today in Culture. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
J.P. Morgan to the rescue Mar 25, 2009
The scholar of Renaissance art Bernard Berenson told his patron Isabella Stewart Gardner that "Morgan should be represented as buttressing up the tottering fabric of finance the way Giotto painted St. Francis holding up the falling church with his shoulder.". 1. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Renaissance Art Exhibitions 2009 Mar 15, 2009
This landmark presentation of worldwide loans describes Italian Renaissance art and culture in Florence during the second half of the Quattrocento. mythological compositions and religious works by Sandro Botticelli (ca. (Suite101.com)
Pentel of America Announces Award Winner of International Children's Art Competition Mar 7, 2009
Maria Galloway, Odel's art teacher at the Mission Renaissance Art Studio in Encino, California, was confident that Odel's entry was a winner. "She is an infectious, bubbly little girl, who thought for weeks about what she wanted to create for Pentel. She had the vision, and her art expresses exactly who she is - loving, imaginative, and happy." The winning painting (photo: ) is called "Heartman" and creatively depicts a person whose face is heart-shaped. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Vermont painter George Tooker made waves in the art world Mar 1, 2009
"Piero met a craving for what the Renaissance art historian Berenson described as "the inexpressive, the ungrimacing, the ungesticulating. " His "ineloquence," wrote Berenson, "his unemotional, unfeeling figures, behaving as if nothing could touch them, in short his avoidance of inflation. (Boston Globe)
Female Portraits in Renaissance Art Feb 15, 2009
A Critical Review of Patricia Simons' Essay, "Women in Frames ...". Patricia Simons investigates the economic, social, and sexual uses of female portraiture in 15th Century Florence. (Suite101.com)
FULL HIGHLIGHTS Feb 8, 2009
To view the grandeur of Michelangelo s Sistine Chapel frescoes is to appreciate a pinnacle of High Renaissance art. To hear the music the great painter must have heard during his labors is quite something else. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Rick Steves dishes on whats new in Italy Feb 7, 2009
Tickets for the Uffizi Gallery (Renaissance art) and Accademia (Michelangelo's David) are (about a $5 booking fee per ticket). And most hoteliers will still book Uffizi tickets as a service to their guests (either for free or a small fee). (MSNBC -- Travel)
