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…
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…
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…
Annibale Carracci Paintings That Renewed Baroque Art
Annibale Carracci paintings stand at the exact hinge between the Renaissance and the Baroque. Born in Bologna in 1560, he…
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Paintings and the Venetian Baroque
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo paintings represent the last great flowering of Italian Baroque painting and the supreme achievement of the Venetian…