Alessandro Allori Died 419 Years Ago Today. The Mannerist Who Turned the Nude Into Courtly Perfection.
When Alessandro Allori died in Florence on September 22, 1607, the nude in Western art stood at a crossroads. Caravaggio
Italian Renaissance
Andrea Mantegna Died 520 Years Ago Today. He Carved the Nude Out of Paint.
Andrea Mantegna died on September 13, 1506, at around seventy-five, in the city of Mantua where he had spent the
Lavinia Fontana Was Born 474 Years Ago Today. The First Professional Woman Painter Made Her Name on the Nude She Was Never Allowed to Study.
Four hundred and seventy-four years ago today, Lavinia Fontana was born in Bologna. Her father, the Mannerist painter Prospero Fontana,
Contrapposto: The Pose That Taught the West How to Look at the Body
Before contrapposto, the human body stood stiffly in art. Two feet planted flat, weight evenly distributed, spine a rigid vertical.
Before the Nude Was an Idea, It Was a Dissection: How Renaissance Artists Learned Anatomy from Cadavers
When you stand before a Renaissance nude — a Michelangelo ignudo twisting against the Sistine ceiling, a Leonardo study of
The Unfinished Body: Michelangelo’s Slaves and the Beauty of Becoming
There is a room in Florence’s Galleria dell’Accademia where four figures struggle to be born. They emerge from rough stone
Pontormo Was Born 532 Years Ago Today. His Twisted Nudes Invented Mannerism — and Changed the Body in Art Forever.
Pontormo Was Born 532 Years Ago Today. His Twisted Nudes Invented Mannerism — and Changed the Body in Art Forever.
Sandro Botticelli Died 516 Years Ago Today. His Venus Was the Nude That Defined the Renaissance.
Sandro Botticelli Died 516 Years Ago Today. His Venus Was the Nude That Defined the Renaissance. On May 17, 1510,