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Meaning in Peasant Wedding Feast: Painting By 16th-Century Artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Meaning in St Nicholas of Bari: Altar Panel By 15th-Century Artist Fra Angelico

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

La Bella Simonetta, It Girl of the Renaissance: Botticelli's Venus and the Medici's Golden Age of Florence, Italy

By: Pamela Livingston

Judith Slaying Holofernes: A Painting by Artemesia Gentileschi

By: Maria Olaguera

The Enigma of Da Vinci's The Virgin of the Rocks: Exploring the Mystery of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Famous Painting

By: Peter John Shearing

Artists and Fame - Albrecht Dürer: Professional Reputation of Artists in the 15th Century

By: Zuzana Minarikova

Artists and Fame - Ambrogio Lorenzetti: Professional Reputation of Artists in the 14th Century

By: Zuzana Minarikova

First Art Historians: Ghiberti and Vasari: Art Historical Writing in Renaissance and Foundations of Art History

By: Zuzana Minarikova

The Agony and the Ecstasy – A Review: On Michelangelo's Commission to Paint the Sistine Chapel Frescoes

By: Marc Zeale

Female Portraits in Renaissance Art: A Critical Review of Patricia Simons' Essay, "Women in Frames ..."

By: Shannon Leigh O'Neil

15th and 16th Century Artists Known by Nicknames: Rennaissance Painters Better Known by Their Assumed Names

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Christian Flower Symbol: A Rose Represents Properties Beyond its Outward Appearance

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Renaissance Artisans and Scholar Frederick Hartt: Essay on Art and Freedom in Quattrocento Florence

By: Stephanie Cox

Renaissance Mystery: Masaccio Paintings: Scholar Douglas Preston Explores “The Madonna Puzzle”

By: Stephanie Cox

Renaissance Art: Hans Holbein's The Ambassadors: Renaissance Scholar Jeremy Brotten on Holbein Painting

By: Stephanie Cox

Hans Holbein's The Ambassadors: Anamorphic Renaissance Art Analyzed by Stephen Greenblatt

By: Stephanie Cox

Renaissance Paintings of Christ on the Cross: Evolution of Crucifixes from Ducento to Quattrocento Italy

By: Stephanie Cox

Learn Little-Known Art Facts: About Artworks by Italian Artists Cimabue, Leonardo, and del Piombo

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Raphael's School of Athens Painting: Italian Artist's Work Paints a Portrait of the Renaissance

By: Stephanie Cox

Renaissance Painting of Baptism of Christ: Leonardo da Vinci and Verrocchio's Masterpiece

By: Stephanie Cox

Early Renaissance Painters: Robert Campin, Simone Martini and the Subjects of their Paintings

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Italian Artists Nicknames: European Renaissance Artists Are Better Known by Alternate Names

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

About Michelangelo's Nose: The Sculptor's Broken Nose and Its Effect on His Life and Art

By: George Stephen Murray

Renaissance Artist Nicknames: These Painters Are Better Known by What Names

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Diego Velázquez's Rokeby Venus: "The Toilet of Venus" a Beautiful Nude Painting by a Spanish Master

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Saint Elizabeth Tending the Sick: Meaning in Adam Elsheimer’s Painting

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Spanish and Dutch Painters: Gerrit van Honthorst, Jan Asselyn, Bartolomé Murillo, Frans Post

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Early German and Italian Painters: Castagno, Giovanni Santi, Albrecht Altdorfer, Barthel Beham, Lotto

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Early European Painters: Learn More About These Renaissance Artists

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

William Blake: Celebrated 18th-Century Romantic Painter, Poet, and Visionary

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Cozens and Gainsborough: 18th-Century British Naturalistic Landscape Painters

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Johannes Vermeer: 17th-Century Dutch Painter Who Created Girl With a Pearl Earring

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Two Famous 18th-Century Painters: One Celebrated by Venice Council & One Showed Beauties of Nature

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Mammal Symbols in Art: What do the Following Creatures Stand for in Paintings?

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Claude Lorrain: 17th-Century French Landscape Artist

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I: A Perfectly Staged Tribute to the Queen

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Two Spanish Renaissance Artists: One Denied Commissions Yet One Named Court Painter to King Philip II

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

This 15th-century Dutch Artist: A Most Skillful Painter or the Master of the Monstrous?

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Which Renaissance Artist: is the Glory or the Father of Painters, or the Homer of Painting?

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Name the Dutch Artist: Can You Identify These 17th-Century Artists from Holland?

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Name the Painter: Can You Identify these Renaissance and Baroque Artists?

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Name the European Artist: Can You Identify these 18th-Century European Painters?

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Which Early Painters Are These? Can You Identify These Renaissance Painters?

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Meaning in Antoine Caron’s Work: “Caesar Augustus and the Tiburtine Sybil”

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Meaning in "The Birth of Venus": Botticelli Shows Venus in a Pose Traditionally Held by Virgin Mary

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti: Sandro Botticelli shows how Nastagio Persuades a Lady to Marry Him

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Flower Symbol in Christian Art: A violet represents properties beyond its obvious meaning.

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

The Tower of Babel: Christian Symbol of Human Arrogance and Lack of Respect for God

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

The Wonder-Room of Ole Worm: This Renaissance Museum Wormianum was a Forerunner of Modern Museums

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

The Cabinet of Curiosities: Wunderkammern or “Wonder-Chambers”: Forerunners of Modern-Day Museums

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Landscapes of Venetian Renaissance: An independent artistic theme as unique as the city of Venice itself

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Landscapes in Italian Renaissance: An Independent Theme in Change From Medieval Days to the Renaissance

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Titian’s "Venus of Urbino”: Understanding the Meaning Behind this Renaissance Masterpiece

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Renaissance Artists of Brescia: They specialized in painting stunning religious themes, lively mythological subjects, and naturalistic portraits

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Venetian Renaissance Masterpieces: On exhibit Fall 2006 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Sixteenth-century Venetian Art: Giants of Painting in Renaissance Venice

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Sixteenth-Century Art: Venetian Painting

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Classical Landscape Painting: in the Late Renaissance

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

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