Renaissance Art

Happy Birthday, Michelangelo!

Posted 03.06.2012

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Today we commemorate the prolific artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, aka Michelangelo, on what would have been his 537th birthday. Wha...

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'Mona Lisa' Copy Draws Big Crowds

AP | By CIARAN GILES | Posted 04.22.2012

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MADRID -- Crowds gathered Tuesday at Madrid's Prado Museum to view a copy of the "Mona Lisa" for the first time since restoration revealed it was almo...

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Caravaggio: A Renaissance Badass In Fort Worth

Tom Rhodes | Posted 02.18.2012

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"Sacrifice of Isaac" depicts Abraham about to prove his devotion to God by slitting the throat of his son Isaac when a winged angel steps in to intervene.

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PHOTOS: Ugly Renaissance Babies

Posted 11.22.2011

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We've all been in that awkward situation where a new mother or father introduces us to their pride and joy, and all we can think is, "that baby's kind...

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Mona Lisa's Miles: The Misadventures Of Leonardo's Masterpiece On The Road

ARTINFO | Posted 09.03.2011

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Italian historian Silvano Vincenti, known for his scheme to dig up the bones of Lisa Gherardini, the presumed model for the Mona Lisa, is trying to br...

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Guess The Artist: Answer Revealed!

Posted 08.17.2011

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Yesterday we showed you the work of art below and asked you to guess the artist who created it. Thousands of you guessed in our poll, but less than 50...

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Guess The Artist

Posted 08.15.2011

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Although this famous artist (after whom one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is named) is better known for his paintings, he was also an architect ...

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Researchers To Dig Up Remains Of Mona Lisa

The Huffington Post/AP | By ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 06.06.2011

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ROME -- Italian researchers said Tuesday they will dig up bones in a Florence convent to try to identify the remains of a Renaissance woman long belie...

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Aggravated Abstraction: Robert Feintuch's Portraits

David Coggins | Posted 06.05.2011

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Robert Feintuch is that rare thing: a serious painter and a reasonable man. His work is figurative but is neither radical nor reactionary. It's mar...

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Using Google Art To Explore Famous, Unfinished Paintings

James Elkins | Posted 05.25.2011

I have been writing about looking slowly, taking the time to see the visual world. My first column was about a Mondrian painting, and it included some...

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RELIGIOUS ART: Portraying Jesus and Mary: Picturing The Bible's Ethereal And Human Prophets

Michael Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Prophets are men of passion. They radiate great force. They fire the spirits of their followers. They are charismatic in the true sense. But there is no blaze in the eyes of the Jesus typically depicted in art.

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