All posts tagged "Renaissance"
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Biography
Michelangelo: A Tormented Life by Antonio Forcellino
January 11, 2024Before dawn on the morning of February 18 a group of Florentines entered the church stealthily...
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Art
Paul Bril’s Restored Paintings in the San Silvestro Chapel at Rome’s Sancta Sanctorum
January 5, 2024Born in Antwerp in 1554, Bril was working in Italy at the end of the century,...
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Art
Celebrating Galileo in Florence
December 14, 20232009 is officially “The Year of Astronomy,” commemorating Galilei’s first observation of the Moon through his...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
The Patron’s Payoff: Conspicuous Commissions in Italian Renaissance Art by Jonathan K. Nelson and Richard J. Zeckhauser
December 12, 2023No less than the American financier who donates a museum wing on condition it bears his...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Quarrel with the King by Adam Nicolson
December 8, 2023Nicolson concludes his reflections by noting that “the custom of the manor” believed “to an extent...
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Art
Two New York City Exhibits Explore the Art and Culture of Renaissance Venice
September 13, 2023The Venetians during the Renaissance were a confident and resilient people. Even as their dominions were...
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Art & Design
Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries — Jewish Museum of New York
July 28, 2023To look at one of the treasures on display in this wonderful exhibit, the Kennicott Bible,...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Titian: His Life by Sheila Hale
June 26, 2023Seeing a paint brush on the floor, the emperor reached down to retrieve it and presented...
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