Works and artists Ancient art Medieval art Padua Veneto
Inside the Baptistery of Pad ua is preserved one of the masterpieces of Paduan painting from the second half of the 14th century. The realization of the pictorial decoration of the sacred building was entrusted to the Florentine painter…
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Works and artists Ancient art Florence Lorenzo Ghiberti Renaissance Tuscany
On November 23, 1403, Lorenzo Ghiberti (Pelago, 1378 - Florence, 1455) signed the contract for the construction of the North Door of the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence. This was the final outcome of the competition announced in…
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Works and artists Ancient art Florence Four hundred Masaccio Renaissance Tuscany
On the wall of the third arch of the left aisle of the Dominican basilica of Santa Maria Novella in Florence is a fresco that is considered the programmatic manifesto of the new Renaissance painting. It is the Trinity, the last work…
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Works and artists Ancient art Marble Medieval art Pistoia Sculpture
At the beginning of the 14th century, the church of Sant'Andrea in Pistoia was provided with new and important liturgical furnishings. By 1301, in fact, the sculptor Giovanni Pisano created a pulpit for this space that marked important…
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Works and artists Ancient art Renaissance Umbria
During the 19th century, the growing romantic interest in themedieval age drew travelers to a number of Italian centers that had more or less preserved evidence of that bygone era. Among these was Gubbio, an Umbrian town whose historic…
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Works and artists Ancient art Florence Giotto Three hundred Tuscany
In the Florentine church of Santa Maria Novella is a work that, at the end of the 13th century, marked a caesura in the history of Italian art. Entering the church, raising our gaze along the nave, we can in fact admire a painted cross…
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Works and artists Ancient art Duccio di Buoninsegna Medieval art Siena Tuscany
In a document dated June 30, 1311, preserved in theState Archives of Siena, there is evidence of payment to four musicians of the City of Siena for their services during the transport of a table depicting the Virgin Mary. The reference is…
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Works and artists Ancient art Florence Four hundred Masaccio Masolino da Panicale Renaissance Tuscany
In Florence, in theOltrarno area, among the many magnificent places that can be visited, one was described by the neoclassical painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres as the "true cradle of painting." This is the Brancacci Chapel, which is…
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