Paolo Uccello: Perspective Magic in Religious Paintings
Paolo Uccello (1397–1475), born Paolo di Dono in Pratovecchio near Florence, was one of the most original and paradoxical figures…
Filippino Lippi Paintings, Between Botticelli and the Baroque
Filippino Lippi (c. 1457/58–1504) was the son of Filippo Lippi and one of the most original painters of the Florentine…
Fra Bartolomeo Paintings and Sacred Grandeur of the Renaissance
Fra Bartolomeo (1472–1517), born Baccio della Porta in Florence, was a Dominican friar and one of the most important sacred…
The Colorful Benozzo Gozzoli Paintings and the World of the Medici
Benozzo Gozzoli (1421–1497) was the most colorful and narratively exuberant painter of the Florentine Early Renaissance, the artist who took…
Cima da Conegliano: Venice’s Serene Sacred Master
Cima da Conegliano (c. 1459/60–c. 1517/18) was one of the most beautiful and serene painters of the Venetian Renaissance, a…
The Strange Sacred Paintings of Lorenzo Lotto
Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480–1556/57) was a Venetian painter who spent most of his life outside Venice, working in Bergamo, Treviso,…
Guercino Paintings and the Drama of Bolognese Baroque
Guercino (1591–1666), born Giovanni Francesco Barbieri in Cento near Ferrara, was one of the most powerful and prolific painters of…
Domenichino: Paintings of Music, Vision, and Heaven
Domenichino (1581–1641), born Domenico Zampieri in Bologna, was among the most celebrated painters of the Roman Baroque and the most…
Agostino Carracci: Sacred Paintings from the Carracci Circle
Agostino Carracci (1557–1602) occupies a singular place among the three Carracci cousins: he was the most intellectually versatile, equally accomplished…
Ludovico Carracci Paintings That Shaped the Baroque
Ludovico Carracci (1555–1619) was the eldest of the three Carracci cousins and the driving force behind the reform of Italian…