Pinturicchio Paintings and the Borgia Apartment Frescoes
Pinturicchio paintings belong to a world of brilliant surface, confident narrative, and unmistakable decorative pleasure. Born Bernardino di Betto around…
Michelangelo Paintings That Shook the Renaissance
Michelangelo paintings occupy a category all their own. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni spent most of his life insisting he…
Domenico Veneziano Paintings and His Revolutionary Light
Domenico Veneziano (c. 1410–1461) was one of the most influential and least-known figures of the Florentine Early Renaissance. Born in…
Leonardo da Vinci Paintings: Faith, Science, and the Sacred
Of all the painters who shaped the course of Christian art, few left a body of work as varied, as…
Fra Angelico Paintings That Feel Like Heaven
Fra Angelico paintings occupy a singular place in the history of Christian art. Born Guido di Pietro around 1395 in…
Full of Color and Splendor: The Paintings of Paolo Veronese
Paolo Veronese paintings fill the eye before they reach the mind. Paolo Caliari, born in Verona in 1528 and known…
Masaccio Paintings: The Birth of Renaissance Realism
Masaccio paintings changed the course of Western art in the space of a decade, and Masaccio himself was dead before…
Mysterious Giorgione Paintings That Still Fascinate
Among all the painters of the Italian Renaissance, Giorgione paintings occupy a singular place. Born Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco around…
Striking Andrea Mantegna Paintings That Redefined Drama
Andrea Mantegna paintings are unlike those of any other Italian Renaissance master. Born in 1431 near Padua, Mantegna brought to…
Famous Correggio Paintings of Heaven and Tenderness
Correggio paintings stand as one of the great surprises of the Italian Renaissance. Born Antonio Allegri around 1489 in the…