12 Renaissance Christian Paintings That Defined Sacred Art
Renaissance Christian paintings did not simply depict the Gospel. They reinvented it. Between roughly 1420 and 1580, Italian artists achieved…
Cosimo Tura Paintings and the Singular World of Ferrara
Cosimo Tura (c. 1430–1495) was the court painter of the Este family of Ferrara and the founder of the distinctive…
Ercole de’ Roberti Paintings and the Ferrarese Renaissance
Ercole de’ Roberti (c. 1451–1496) was the third and most emotionally intense painter of the Ferrarese school, the heir of…
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,…
Famous Tintoretto Paintings from Venice’s Sacred World
Tintoretto paintings do not let you rest. Jacopo Comin, born in Venice in 1518 and known to his contemporaries as…