Painter and historian, Giorgio Vasari (Italian, 1511–1574), wrote extensively about Renaissance artists, but only ever mentioned four women, and Nelli was one of them.

Key Italian Renaissance Artists Featured in the Series. Read on below to discover the moments and creations that defined Michelangelo, Leonarda da Vinci and Raphael. Michelangelo.

The Renaissance polymath Leon Battista Alberti asked his contemporaries to consider that painting is grounded in mathematics, ...

If you go to Italy, or to the Italian Renaissance galleries of an art museum, you may find yourself wondering how artists of the time created work of such refinement and complexity.

The New Italian Renaissance. A controversial show at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art celebrates 40 years of sex, death, and Arte Povera in Italy. VIEW OUR GALLERY. Rachel Wolff.

In my last column, I wrote about the 14-century Italian painter Giotto and the challenges he faced in depicting objects as viewers see them, rather than as they really are. In the late medieval per… ...

This Italian artist became the first female superstar of the Renaissance . Sofonisba Anguissola's undeniable talent attracted the attention of Michelangelo and the king of Spain.

Starting in the mid-1800s, American art enthusiasts began to seek out Italian paintings for their own collections. Like European collectors of the time, they had a taste—sometimes a passion ...

Mr. W. R. Thayer St reviews below The North Italian Painters of the Renaissance," by B. Berenson '87, the well-known writer of history and criticism of Italian paintings.

With a major exhibition taking place at the V&A from next month, Renaissance Art is being given, well, a bit of a renaissance (‘scuse the pun) for a modern-day audience. Michelozzo, An Adoring ...