Italian painters

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Art history can be an incredibly complicated topic and a really tough nut to crack for anyone who hasn’t spent years upon years learning the various intricacies and subtleties needed to master the subject.

How much do you really know about Michelangelo?

Sandro Botticelli: Venus Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Gemäldegalerie Presently exhibited in the "Städel-Museum" in Frankfurt on the occasion of the remarkable and exceptional exhibition on Botticelli from 13 November 2009 to 28 February 2010.

Carlo Dolci (Florence, May 25, 1616 - Florence, January 17, 1686) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. His painstaking technique made him unsuited for large-scale fresco painting. He painted chiefly sacred subjects, and his works are generally small in scale, although he made a few life-size pictures. He often repeated the same composition in several versions, and his daughter, Agnese Dolci, also made excellent copies of his works. [Oil on canvas, 71 x 54 cm]…

Given his Welsh-sounding name it might surprise you to learn that Llewelyn Lloyd was actually born in Livorno, in 1879. The son of a Welsh merchant, he

Fresco Painting is a technique that we associate with large scale murals. It is a skill that dates back to Classical Antiquity but reached its peak as an art form during the Italian Renaissance.

Sotheby’s first-ever Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale Online concluded yesterday afternoon, achieving $9.9 million. Attracting an average of 3.5

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