Our writer sits down with Purdue Art History professor Beth Woodward to explore the under-appreciated nuances of Renaissance art.
One of the most spectacular examples of Renaissance illuminated manuscripts is going on rare public display as part of the ...
Sacred artist David Troncoso paints in the Renaissance style with DaVinci, Michelangelo, and Rafael as his guides. His art, he says, draws him closer to God and has deepened his prayer life. Troncoso, ...
A 16th-century engraving of a rhinoceros with scaly skin emerges as part-lizard, part-beast. A witchy woman and a suspicious horse peer at a man, mysteriously lying dead on the ground. Tree trunks ...
Around 1400, Europe rediscovered the aesthetics of ancient Greece and Rome. Around 1400, Europe rediscovered the aesthetics of ancient Greece and Rome. This rebirth of classical culture showed itself ...
Consider Michelangelo’s famous “Creation of Adam,” Sandro Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” or Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” When you think of Western art’s grand visual narratives of ...
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Common Things People Always Get Wrong About The Renaissance
When people think of the Renaissance, they often picture soaring cathedrals, brilliant paintings, and the rise of bold new ...
The hits just keep coming for the Cleveland Museum of Art. After a streak of crowd-pleasing exhibitions that have spanned everything from Japanese art and rock photography to high-concept modernism, ...
Pokemon fan Dingaantouwtje has created Renaissance-style paintings of Pikachu and Bulbasaur as part of a larger project to reinterpret all 151 original Pokemon. Dingaantouwtje's artwork successfully ...
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