Tag: Renaissance

Martyrdom of Four Saints by Correggio

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Martyrdom of Four Saints by Correggio

Martyrdom of Four Saints
1524
Renaissance
Oil on canvas
Parma National Gallery, Parma, Italy

‘Martyrdom of Four Saints’ portrays the 4th century Christian martyrs, Saint Flavia and her brother, Saint Placidus. Behind them, already dead, are the 6th-century martyrs, Saints Eutychus and Victorinus. Placidus and Flavia are about to be executed by two Roman soldiers in a forest setting. In the upper-right corner, an angel holds the palm of martyrdom

Correggio 1489-1534

Correggio
High Renaissance, The Baroque
Born: 30 August 1489, Correggio, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 5 March 1534, Correggio, Italy

A master of chiaroscuro Correggio was the best-known painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance. He was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sensuous works of the 16th century. His use of dynamic composition, illusionistic perspective, and dramatic foreshortening prefigured Baroque art of the 17th century and the Rococo art of the 18th century

The Assumption of the Virgin by Correggio

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The Assumption of the Virgin by Correggio

The Assumption of the Virgin
1526-30
Renaissance
Fresco
Duomo di Parma (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta), Italy

‘The Assumption of the Virgin’ was commissioned for the Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Parma’s most consecrated building, Correggio celebrates Parma’s return to a Papal state in the fresco and also the final union of the faithful with the divine at the end of time.

Correggio 1489-1534

Correggio
High Renaissance, The Baroque
Born: 30 August 1489, Correggio, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 5 March 1534, Correggio, Italy

A master of chiaroscuro Correggio was the best-known painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance. He was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sensuous works of the 16th century. His use of dynamic composition, illusionistic perspective, and dramatic foreshortening prefigured Baroque art of the 17th century and the Rococo art of the 18th century

Lamentations of Jeremiah by Thomas Tallis

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Lamentations of Jeremiah
1560-69
Religious Music

Thomas Tallis
Renaissance
Born: 30 January 1505, Kent, England
Nationality: English
Died: 23 November 1585, Greenwich, England

Thomas Tallis 1505-1585

Tallis was a Renaissance composer renowned for English choral music. Honoured for his original voice in English musicianship, Tallis is considered among England’s greatest composers

If Ye Love Me by Thomas Tallis

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If Ye Love Me
1565
Renaissance

Thomas Tallis

Thomas Tallis
Renaissance
Born: 30 January 1505, Kent, England
Nationality: English
Died: 23 November 1585, Greenwich, England

Tallis was a Renaissance composer renowned for English choral music. Honoured for his original voice in English musicianship, Tallis is considered among England’s greatest composers

Eer ende lof heb d’aventuer by Martinus Fabri

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Eer ende lof heb d’aventuer
1300s
Renaissance

Martinus Fabri

Martinus Fabri
Renaissance
Nationality: North Netherlandish
Died: May 1400

Fabri lived near the end of the Middle ages and is thought to have come from Flanders or the North Netherlands. Very little is known about his life apart from undated records from St Donatian church, Bruges and that he is known to have been a singer in the Dutch court at The Hague from 1395 until his death.

Oh Ye Tender Babes by Thomas Tallis

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Oh Ye Tender Babes
Renaissance

Thomas Tallis

Thomas Tallis
Renaissance
Born: 30 January 1505, Kent, England
Nationality: English
Died: 23 November 1585, Greenwich, England

Tallis was a Renaissance composer renowned for English choral music. Honoured for his original voice in English musicianship, Tallis is considered among England’s greatest composers

The Assumption of the Virgin by Titian

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The Assumption of the Virgin by Titian

The Assumption of the Virgin
1516-18
Renaissance, Mannerism
Oil on board
Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, Italy

On a cloud surrounded by putti, Mary forms the focal point of the composition of this depiction of the ascension of the Virgin into heaven. Her eyes gaze upward to the god at the top of the picture and at the bottom as the miracle unfolds the apostles raise their arms towards her. The work is divided into three bands connected by outstretched hands as well as the repletion of gestures and looks. The red robes of the Virgin and two of the apostles create a visual pyramid leading the viewer’s eyes upwards.

Titian
Renaissance, Mannerism
Born 1490, Pieve di Cadore, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 27 August 1576, Venice, Italy

Titian was a painter and regarded as one of the greatest painters of the Renaissance, combining Mannerist and High Renaissance ideas to develop a style that is remarkable ahead of his time. His creativity dominated Venetian art and the city rivalled the artistic centres of Rome and Florence

La Fornarina by Raphael

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La Fornarina
1520
Renaissance
Oil on Wood
Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Rome, Italy

One of the best-known paintings by Raphael was not commissioned. La Fornarina is a sister portrait of La Donna Velata and portrays the artist’s great love, Margherita Luti. The half-length nude looks out at the viewer in her undone dress whilst concealing the lower part of her body. Her left hand rests on her lap while her right hand touches her breast. The veil, a symbol of modesty, fails to conceal her sensual presentation. The tonal modelling is enhanced is enhanced by the dark landscape and the richness of the turban she is wearing. Her flawless skin and radiant face stare past the viewer, smiling at someone to the right, her lover as he painted her.

Raphael

Raphael
High Renaissance
Born: 6 April 1483, Urbino, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 6 April 1520, Rome, Italy

In his 37 years, Raphael blazed a prolific and passionate trail of painting throughout the apex of the Italian High Renaissance. His lust for life translated into paint on canvas where his talent for depicting the Renaissance Humanist era ideals of beauty was breathtakingly new. Alongside Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo, Raphael was considered an equal part of the holy trinity of master artists of his time

Flos florum by Guillaume Dufay

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Flos florum
1430
Renaissance

Guillaume Dufay

Guillaume Dufay
Renaissance
Born: 13 August 1397, Beersel, Belgium
Nationality: Franco-Flemish
Died: 27 November 1474, Cambrai, France

Guillaume Dufay was a composer of the early renaissance. A key figure of the Burgundian School he was regarded as one of the leading composers of the mid-15th century. The contrapuntal and complex motet Nuper Rosarum Flores exemplifies Dufay’s influential musical ideas during the early Renaissance

Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo Da Vinci

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Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo Da Vinci

Virgin of the Rocks
1483-86
High Renaissance
Oil on wood transferred to canvas
Louvre, Paris, France

Da Vinci presents the Madonna with infant versions of Christ and John the Baptist, alongside the archangel Gabriel. They are sat amid a mystical imagined landscape that exemplifies the artists depth of perspective. In the foreground the desolate rocks and water bring a dreamy quality infusing the viewer with a sense of merging with the divine yet witnessing the resonation of human tenderness.

Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci
High Renaissance
Born: 15 April 1452, Anchiano, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 2 May 1519, Clos Lucé, Amboise

The spirit of Humanism abounded during the Italian High Renaissance and artists were deeply entrenched in the study of humanities to better themselves as people of the world. Termed as a Renaissance Man a person so immersed in the comprehension and accomplishment of such varied interests; Da Vinci was a prime exemplar. His exhaustive interests led to his mastery of multiple skills and he is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time

Mass for 4 Voices, SV 190 by Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi

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Mass for 4 Voices, SV 190
1651
Renaissance

Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi
Renaissance, Opera, Baroque
Born: 15 May 1567, Cremona, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 29 November 1643, Republic of Venice

Monteverdi was a composer, strings player, choirmaster, and priest. His compositions include both secular and sacred music, and he was a pioneer in the development of opera. In music history he is considered an important transitional figure between the Renaissance and the Baroque eras.

Resvellies vous by Guillaume Dufay

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Resvellies vous
1423
Renaissance

Guillaume Dufay
Renaissance
Born: 13 August 1397, Beersel, Belgium
Nationality: Franco-Flemish
Died: 27 November 1474, Cambrai, France

Guillaume Dufay was a composer of the early renaissance. A key figure of the Burgundian School he was regarded as one of the leading composers of the mid-15th century. The contrapuntal and complex motet Nuper Rosarum Flores exemplifies Dufay’s influential musical ideas during the early Renaissance

Madonna dal Collo Longo (Madonna with the Long Neck) by Parmigianino

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Madonna dal Collo Longo (Madonna with the Long Neck)
1535
Renaissance, Mannerism
Oil on panel
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

According to Gould Madonna dal Collo Longo is Parmigianino’s most characteristic and most extreme work. That a single piece can be most extreme and most characteristic illustrates the visionary artist Parmigianino was. The elongated figure of the Madonna reflects the grace and elegance of the artist’s style. The various limbs and their angles are placed relation to each other in a manner that is both harmonious and erotically charged; balanced yet asymmetrical. A radical statement for its time in the history of devotional art Parmigianino’s instincts were to kerb his creative indulgences, but not completely.

Parmigianino
Mannerism, Renaissance, Italian Renaissance
Born: 11 January 1503, Parma, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 24 August 1540, Casalmaggiore, Italy

Parmigianino was one of the leading painters of Palma, he also worked in Rome and Bologna. Ranking as one of the most compelling artists with a daring and readiness to confront the orthodoxies of the day Parmigianino was a leading figure of the Mannerist style

Se la face ay pale by Guillaume Dufay

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Se la face ay pale
1430
Renaissance

Guillaume Dufay
Renaissance
Born: 13 August 1397, Beersel, Belgium
Nationality: Franco-Flemish
Died: 27 November 1474, Cambrai, France

Guillaume Dufay was a composer of the early renaissance. A key figure of the Burgundian School he was regarded as one of the leading composers of the mid-15th century. The contrapuntal and complex motet Nuper Rosarum Flores exemplifies Dufay’s influential musical ideas during the early Renaissance

Madonna and Child with Saint Stephen, the Baptist, and a Donor (Dresden Altarpiece) by Parmigianino

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Madonna and Child with Saint Stephen, the Baptist, and a Donor (Dresden Altarpiece)
1540
Renaissance, Mannerism
Oil on panel
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Germany

The vertilinear composition of this painting gives it an otherworldly effect. The palm branch at the left of the frame, St. Stephen’s other arm holding one of the stones used to kill him, and the Baptist’s cross form a trinity-scaffolding for the more fluid elements of the painting. From the folds in the fabric of the clothing of the saints, to the weighting of their arms, they hold their bodily posture on the steps, masterfully observed by the artist. St. Stephen looks out challengingly at the viewer, brandishing the heavy stone. It is an emphatic evocation of his martyrdom, and a willingness towards the achievement of divinity through sacrifice.

Parmigianino
Mannerism, Renaissance, Italian Renaissance
Born: 11 January 1503, Parma, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 24 August 1540, Casalmaggiore, Italy

Parmigianino was one of the leading painters of Palma, he also worked in Rome and Bologna. Ranking as one of the most compelling artists with a daring and readiness to confront the orthodoxies of the day Parmigianino was a leading figure of the Mannerist style

Baldassare Castiglione by Raphael

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Baldassare Castiglione
1515
High Renaissance
Oil on canvas
Louvre, Paris, France

Rife with emotionality and intimacy in its depiction of a cultured gentleman the portrait of Baldassare Castiglione reveals the close friendship between the artist and subject. The painting is a celebration of Baldassare’s appointment as Ambassador to Pope Leo X. His gaze is powerful yet shows humility, a tribute to the power gained without affection or arrogance. He appears confidant as a man devoted to the highest ideals of humanism, the most influential philosophy of the time. The brown background adds solemnity and mutes the colours of the doublet trimmed with fur. Baldassare’s human vulnerability lurks in the quiet spaces of his presence.

Raphael
High Renaissance
Born: 6 April 1483, Urbino, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 6 April 1520, Rome, Italy

In 37 prolific years, Raphael’s passionate style blazed a trail of painting throughout the Italian high Renaissance. His skill in presenting his lust for life on to canvas translated into ideals of beauty were breathtakingly new. Raphael is considered to one of the holy trinity of master artists of the Renaissance, along with Da Vinci and Michelangelo

Amor Sacro and Amor Profano by Titian

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Title: Amor Sacro and Amor Profano
Date: 1514
Movement: Renaissance
Media: Oil on canvas
Current Location: Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy

In a pleasant landscape setting, two women drawn from the same model pose by a water trough where Eros is stirring the waters. Rich in its symbolism and iconography there is some disagreement among critics and academics to the pictures meaning. The most common theory is one woman is gowned for her wedding and is said to indicate carnal, physical love whilst the other is nude and seen as the simplicity and purity of spiritual love. Eros, at the centre, is symbolic the meeting point of spiritual and carnal desires.

Artist: Titian
Born: 1490, Pieve di Cadore, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 27 August 1576, Venice, Italy

Titian was a painter and regarded as one of the greatest painters of the Renaissance, combining Mannerist and High Renaissance ideas to develop a style that is remarkably ahead of his time. His creativity dominated Venetian art and the city rivalled the artistic centres of Rome and Florence

La Donna Velata by Raphael

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Title: La Donna Velata
Date: 1514
Movement: Renaissance
Media: Oil on canvas
Current Location: Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy

La Donna Velata, a portrait of Margherita Luti, is the epitome of Raphael’s passion for portraying beauty in all its idealism. A painting borne of the artist’s adoration of the lady rather than a commission he has placed a pearl in her hair as a reference to her name, Margherita means pearl. Her facial features are reminiscent of many of Raphael’s paintings of the Madonna and depict the loveliness bestowed by the male eye. The smoothness of her skin with the alluring eyes and the perfectly modelled face in a pose of divinity in a depiction of the unattainable make an artwork that is an unforgettable confession of love.

Artist: Raphael
Born: 6 April 1483, Urbino, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 6 April 1520, Rome, Italy
Movements and Styles: High Renaissance

In 37 prolific years, Raphael’s passionate style blazed a trail of painting throughout the Italian high Renaissance. His skill in presenting his lust for life on to canvas translated into ideals of beauty were breathtakingly new. Raphael is considered to one of the holy trinity of master artists of the Renaissance, along with Da Vinci and Michelangelo.

Venus Anadyomene by Titian

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Title: Venus Anadyomene
Date: 1520
Movement: High Renaissance
Media: oil on canvas
Location: Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

Venus Anadyomene is an oil painting depicting Venus rising from the sea and wringing her hair. Venus is said to have been born full-grown from a shell, depicted at the bottom left. Smaller than the usual birth of Venus paintings it simply identifies the subject rather than appearing as a boat-like vessel for Venus. Titian’s Venus is presented as voluptuous and her sideways glance owes much to antique types of Venus sculpture.

Artist: Titian
Date of Birth: 1490, Pieve di Cadore, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 27 August 1576, Venice, Italy

Titian was a painter and regarded as one of the greatest painters of the Renaissance, combining Mannerist and High Renaissance ideas to develop a style that is remarkable ahead of his time. His creativity dominated Venetian art and the city rivaled the artistic centres of Rome and Florence.

Nuper Rosarum Flores by Guillaume Dufay

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Title: Nuper Rosarum Flores
Date: 1436
Era: Renaissance

Nuper Rosarum Flores is a motet composed for the consecration of the Florence Cathedral in 1436. It presents homographic tenors and is not an isorhythmic motet as there are no isorhythms in its composition. The title comes from the name of the cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore

Composer: Guillaume Dufay
Born: 13 August 1397, Beersel, Belgium
Nationality: Franco-Flemish
Died: 27 November 1474, Cambrai, France

Guillaume Dufay was a composer of the early renaissance. A key figure of the Burgundian School he was regarded as one of the leading composers of the mid-15th century. The contrapuntal and complex motet Nuper Rosarum Flores exemplifies Dufay’s influential musical ideas during the early Renaissance.

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Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci

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Title: Virgin of the Rocks
Date: c.1505-08
Movement: Renaissance
Media: Oil on panel
Located: National Gallery, London, UK

The Virgin of the Rocks, sometimes referred to as the Madonna of the Rocks) is the name of two paintings by Leonardo da Vinci. The earlier of the two paintings hangs in the Louvre whilst the other hangs in the National Gallery, London.

The painting depicts the Madonna and the child Jesus with the infant John the Baptist with an angel in a rock setting. Originally thought to have been painted by Leonardo’s assistants, during restoration in 2008-10 conservators conclude that the greater part of the painting is by Leonardo himself.

The painting was for the chapel of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception, in the church of San Francesco Maggiore in Milan/ By 1785 it had been sold by the church to Gavin Hamilton who took it to England. After passing through various private collections it was bought by the National Gallery in 1880.

Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Born: 15 April 1452, Anchiano, Italy
Italian
Died: 2 May 1519, Amboise, France