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Artists and Fame - Albrecht Dürer

By: Zuzana Minarikova

The German painter, engraver, printmaker and draughtsman who introduced new levels of perception of the artist as an independent professional. more...

Artists and Fame - Ambrogio Lorenzetti

By: Zuzana Minarikova

The Italian painter whose career demonstrates that artists of the Late Gothic period had begun to employ ingenious strategies to build their professional status. more...

First Art Historians: Ghiberti and Vasari

By: Zuzana Minarikova

Lorenzo Ghiberti and Giorgio Vasari were Renaissance artists and historiographers of art whose historical writings laid basis for Art History as an academic discipline. more...

The Agony and the Ecstasy – A Review

By: Marc Zeale

A review of 16th century events leading to Michelangelo's fresco painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, as portrayed in the film "The Agony and the Ecstasy". more...

Female Portraits in Renaissance Art

By: Shannon Leigh O'Neil

Patricia Simons investigates the economic, social, and sexual uses of female portraiture in 15th Century Florence. more...

Renaissance Artisans and Scholar Frederick Hartt

By: Stephanie Cox

Frederick Hartt is well-known renaissance scholar who has written several textbook and various essays on Italian Renaissance art. more...

Renaissance Mystery: Masaccio Paintings

By: Stephanie Cox

Italian Renaissance artist Masaccio (1401-1428) had a profound influence on Quattrocento Italian Renaissance painting. more...

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