Works and artists Ancient art Florence Four hundred Masaccio Pisa Renaissance Tuscany
Archival research, when conducted with expertise and diligence, always yields positive results: this is evident from the research that Giuseppe Petralia conducted in various archives on topics related to the medieval history of Tuscany and…
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Works and artists Ancient art Donatello Masaccio Pisa Renaissance Tuscany
The Museo Nazionale di San Matteo in Pisa holds a very special record: it is the only museum in the world where, in the same building, it is possible to see a work by Donatello and a work by Masaccio, that is, by the father of Renaissance…
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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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Interviews Ancient art Four hundred Masaccio Renaissance
Until May 7, 2023, the Crucifixion by Masaccio (San Giovanni Valdarno, 1401 - Rome, 1428) from the Capodimonte Museum in Naples is on its way to Milan, to the Museo Diocesano "Carlo Maria Martini ." A real exhibition itinerary has been…
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From Feb. 22 to May 7, 2023, the Museo Diocesano "Carlo Maria Martini" in Milan will host one of the most important masterpieces by Masaccio (San Giovanni Valdarno, 1401 - Rome, 1428), an artist who revolutionized the history of…
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After the important exhibition in Reggello for the six hundredth anniversary of the Triptych of St. Juvenal, another review delves into the figure of Masaccio (San Giovanni Valdarno, 1401 - Rome, 1428), in the town that gave him birth…
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Exhibition reviews Ancient art Masaccio Renaissance Tuscany
The birth certificate of Renaissance painting is not to be sought, as one might imagine, within the walls of Florence, under Giotto's bell tower, in the shadow of Brunelleschi's dome. As far as we know, Florence was not the first recipient…
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As previously announced, the restoration of the Brancacci Chapel has begun and, thanks to the presence of scaffolding necessary for the diagnostic and restoration work, masterpieces by Masaccio, Masolino da Panicale and Filippino Lippi can…
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