Blogs about: Renaissance Art

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The alchemy of colour

I am “happy at work” obsessed and enthralled with my research for my historical novel Mona Lisa’s Secret…  a work of art-related fiction set in Renaissance Florence. I would so… more →

Powerful Creativity

Art for Art's sake? Renaissance Florence

lucipr wrote 2 days ago: Vertiginous symmetries – Florentine palazzi          “Beauty is truth, truth beauty, … more →

Tags: Florence, renaissance, Domenico Ghirlandaio

Whaddaya lookin' at? Masaccio's The Trinity!

artmusette wrote 5 days ago: The Trinity, Masaccio (c.1425)   Perspective, in art, is the system for representing three-dime … more →

Tags: Whaddaya lookin' at?, masaccio, filippo brunelleschi, Trinity, Perspective

Vino, Arte, e Moda: My Favorite Things — 2 comments

selueken wrote 1 week ago: Day 9 and 10: So I hope you guys aren’t expecting me to come back to the U.S. anytime soon, be … more →

Tags: ciao bella, Italy, Study Abroad, Summer 2013, Florence, Tuscany, Chianti, pisa, wine tasting

A Date with da Vinci

talktotheshoe wrote 1 week ago: Hello, my friends! Want to go on a Renaissance adventure? We did on Saturday, when we went to the Ar … more →

Tags: My Humor, Sylvain Reynard, Highlanders, Gabriel's Inferno, highlands, Gabriel's Rapture, Highland Legends, Highland Legends Series, Forged in Dreams and Magick

D.U.I. of the D.I.A.

Kathi wrote 1 week ago:            aka “Dazzled Under the Influence of the Detroit Institute of Art” Aaron cut h … more →

Tags: Michigan Beauty and Fun, home-schooling, Bringing up kids; child rearing; handling teenagers, Museums and Galleries, John 3:16, Detroit Institute of Art; Helen DeRoy Apartments; Wayne

Back from Italy

Nick Lewis wrote 2 weeks ago: Judie and I are back from spending eleven days in Italy. I suppose I could write a travelogue about … more →

Tags: Comments on Arts and Culture, Italy, Bernini

Art Buzz May 5, 2013: Burst of Light: Caravaggio and His Legacy Exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford

bonniekgoodman wrote 2 weeks ago: ART & ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY NEWS EXHIBITION NEWS & REVIEWS Caravaggio, and Some of His Admir … more →

Tags: Exhibitions, European Art, Michaelangelo Caravaggio, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, connecticut, caravaggio

Pearls, Unicorns, and Lilies: Symbols of Feminine Purity in the Renaissance — 1 comment

Melissa Huang wrote 2 weeks ago: Renaissance symbols of feminine purity share a number of similarities. Namely, many symbols share th … more →

Tags: Women in art, Art, Painting, Virgin Mary, Purity, Feminine Purity, Pearls, unicorns, Lilies

Federico Barocci at the National Gallery London until the 19th May

Culture Spectator wrote 3 weeks ago: Federico Barocci (c.1533-1612)The Visitation, 1583-86Oil on canvasChiesa Nuova, Rome None other than … more →

Tags: Visual Arts, Babette Bohn, “Barocci: Brilliance and Grace”, Baroque Art, Benedetto Luti, Bernardo Strozzi, caravaggio, Carol Plazzotta, cartoncino

Slow Art Day

Flint Institute of Arts wrote 3 weeks ago: April 27, 2013 11:00a – 1:00p Celebrate Slow Art Day, a world-wide event designed to spread th … more →

Tags: family programs, Programs, Education, Flint Institute of Arts, family program, art education, Bray Gallery, Education Department, Arts

Historically "ugly"

perfe(r)ktnaparabola wrote 1 month ago: I just found a very funny blog about renaissance paintings: Ugly Renaissance Babies. It definitely s … more →

Tags: art & film history, art is all, Art, Art History, Arts, Blog, Fun, Painting, Renaissance Paintings

day 15. the roman forums and the vatican — 2 comments

temptingdelights wrote 1 month ago: VATICAN CITY: A city built for God, given over to corruption and power, declared sacred and holy, an … more →

Tags: Italy, Gelato, italy 2, renaissance, Italian Cuisine, Michelangelo, Renaissance Statues, Rome, Colosseum

Monsters Visit Paris — 2 comments

oursofyouth wrote 1 month ago: This February I was lucky enough to go on a two day trip to Paris with my dissertation group. It was … more →

Tags: medieval studies, Cities, Travel, monsters, Medieval, History, Uni, Paris, Louvre

Gustave Moreau's 187th Birth Anniversary

nuwansenfilmsen wrote 1 month ago: French Symbolist artist, Gustave Moreau, was born on 6th of April, 1826. Symbolism, was a 19th centu … more →

Tags: BIOS, Eras, Era's of the 19th Century, The Front Page, 1800's, Anniversaries, Art, Art & Artists, Arts

days 5-7. wandering around the city — 1 comment

temptingdelights wrote 1 month ago: april 2 (tuesday). no class. went shopping for class supplies instead.stopping to look at a really c … more →

Tags: Italy, Florence, Stanford student, Firenze, tour of florence, italy 2, renaissance, Tuscany, Panini

A Wondrous Mechanism: The first portal

705writingmatters wrote 1 month ago: Welcome to the just-crafted blog for A Wondrous Mechanism.A Wondrous Mechanism is my steam … more →

Tags: renaissance venice, Canadian Art, Canadian Artists, string theory, glass making, Vancouver, Venice, Authors, Writers

Duck Art - Let's Dance

sellergrendesign wrote 1 month ago: Artist unknown, public domain. This is too funny: Sent to me via Aussie musician The Jimmy C – … more →

Tags: My Music, photos, Web, The Jimmy C, Call Me Greenhorn, squawky, Call Me Greenhorn "Squawky", Call Me Greenhorn 'Squawky!' EP, "Man With Duck"

A new page, "Florence / Firenze"... — 1 comment

David-Kevin wrote 1 month ago: …has launched : “The most populated city in Tuscany, Florence can be described in a sing … more →

Tags: Museums, Travel, Cities, Sites 2, Florence, Italy, Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Tuscany

Learning for the Love of It

Andrea Fanjoy wrote 1 month ago: Paddle Tennis Electivephoto credit: Mary Gaudet/Etobicoke Guardian I can remember the day I found my … more →

Tags: KCS Electives, leadership, lifelong learning, New Initiatives, Four Doors to Learning, Electives, Geocaching, cooking, Lifelong Learning


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