Powerful Artemisia Gentileschi Paintings of Women and Justice
Artemisia Gentileschi paintings stand among the most powerful religious works of the Baroque period and represent one of the most…
Guido Reni Paintings: Grace, Sorrow, and Baroque Beauty
Guido Reni paintings represent the ideal of Baroque sacred beauty at its most refined and most spiritually elevated. Born in…
Essential Giovanni Bellini Paintings to Know
Giovanni Bellini paintings span nearly seven decades and define, more than any other body of work, what Venetian sacred art…
The Majestic Paintings of Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca paintings stand apart from those of almost any other Renaissance master. Born around 1415 in Sansepolcro, a…
Powerful Caravaggio Paintings That Still Shock Viewers
Caravaggio paintings changed the history of art more decisively than those of any other single painter since Giotto. Born Michelangelo…
Iconic Raphael Paintings Every Art Lover Should Know
Raphael paintings are the standard against which all other Renaissance art has been measured for five centuries. Born Raffaello Sanzio…
Vittore Carpaccio: Dragons, Dreams, and Venetian Paintings
Vittore Carpaccio (c. 1460/66 to c. 1525/26) was the great storyteller of the Venetian Renaissance, a painter of narrative cycles…
The Assumption of the Virgin Paintings: 10 Masterpieces You Need to Know
Assumption of the Virgin paintings hold a singular place in Christian art. Few subjects called on painters to reach higher,…
The Great Medieval Painters of Catholic Art
The great medieval painters of Catholic art were a small group of extraordinary men who worked in central Italy during…
Simone Martini’s Most Beautiful Paintings and Gothic Masterworks
The most beautiful paintings of Simone Martini occupy a place in the history of Western art that is both singular…