Italian painters

Christina Rossetti was born in London on December 5, 1830. She was the youngest out of four kids in her family. Her father was an Italian poet and also a political exile. Rossetti's childhood was exceptionally happy. Her parents gave her so much affection and care. She was educated entirely at her home where she learned to speak English and Italian. She learned how to read French, Latin, and German. She was not intimidated by how good her siblings were, she was always surrounded by many scholars…

My first impression of Nell Irvin Painter was that she was a Man. Her name was not a traditional female name so I automatically assumed that she was a male. Mrs. Irvin Painter had a sense of humor about her that she showed in the beginning which made me think that this wouldn’t be a long fifty minute video. She looked very sleek and clean and have the tone of voice that showed she knew what she was talking about. When I am speaking on a topic and I know all my facts and information I tend to…

painting and then I paint my dream (Gogh, 1853) Sandro Botticelli was born in the mid-1440s in Florence, Italy. As a boy, he apprenticed as a goldsmith and then with master painter Filippo Lippi. By his forties, Botticelli was himself a master and contributed to the decoration the Sistine Chapeland he Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance-era. That work is Birth of Venus. The painting was Venus and Mars and it’s completed around 1485 and the nineteenth-century. The…

culture (Brotton). The term ‘Renaissance’ has found among the Italian humanists, for example, by Giorgio Vasari. In the modern sense the term was put into use by Jules Michelet, the French historian of XIX century. Currently, the term ‘Renaissance’ has become a metaphor for the cultural prosperity. Renaissance is divided into…

There is only man of his time who was the most influential figure in Italian renaissance. Given the title “Renaissance man” he was the greatest artist in history, a magnificent philosopher, scientist, sculpture, mathematician and engineer. He was widely known as a polymath. This man was born in the Tuscan Hill town of Vinci in the territory known as Florence Italy on April 15th 1452. Leonardo Da Vinci was “born as a illegitamite son of Messer Piero Fruosno di Antonio da Vinci, a Florintine…

famous facial expression of a smile but not quite a smile. It makes you wonder what she was thinking or feeling or what she was waiting to reveal while posing for this painting. There is a unique and mysterious way about the painting. I think the painter had a crush on her, and in order to be perfect, he took many years to finish this painting. I also believe that da Vinci may have used the look of this woman many different times in other paintings which make me believe that the crush made him…

designed clothing for royalty during his lifetime. In 1515, Holbein went to Basel, Switzerland and was commissioned to do pen illustrations in the margins of Erasmus’ book The Praise of Folly. Furthermore, in 1519 Holbein was admitted into the painters’ guild in Basel. During this time, he was commissioned for numerous works of art, including altarpieces and stained-glass windows. In addition, in this early part of his life he married Elsbeth Binzenstock, and officially became a citizen of…

was born and raised in Sagua La Grande, a village in the sugar farming province of Villa Clara, Cuba. His contact with African celebrations and spiritual practices proved to be his largest artistic influence. Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter known for her self-portraits. Kahlo's life began and ended in Mexico City, in her home known as "La Casa Azul," the Blue Hous Her work has been celebrated internationally as emblematic of Mexican national and indigenous traditions, and by…

Messina: The Perfect Setting Messina, a harbor city on the Italian island of Sicily, claims the 14th largest population in all of Italy ("Messina."). Sparkling bright blue heavens dotted with puffy white clouds fill Messina’s sky, and the aquamarine waters of the Strait of Messina in the Mediterranean Sea shimmer in the brilliant sunlight. Standing between sky and sea, classic 15thcentury coral toned houses, shops, and churches line the busy streets of Messina. In the 16th century, this…

Agrippa’s Pantheon. Apollodorus of Damascus was the architect. It took a decade to build the Pantheon. The Pantheon was also built to honor all gods. During the Renaissance, the Pantheon was used as a tomb for the Italian kings Vittorio Emanuele II and Umberto I, and for the famous painter Raphael. The Pantheon became a christian church to save it from destruction. It is now dedicated…