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Read MoreGiuseppe Arcimboldo’s Vertumnus c. 1590 – 1591. Oil on canvas. 22.55″ x 22.83″. Skokloster Castle, Sweden. the art story article Arcimboldo Artworks Smithsonian article Arcimboldo’s Feast for the Eyes joy of museums article “Vertumnus” by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Read MoreEl Greco’s Burial of Count Orgaz Church of Santo Tome, Toledo, Spain. 1586. Oil on canvas, 16′ x 11’10”. the met essay El Greco (1541-1614) khan academy article El Greco, Burial of the Count Orgaz
Read MoreGiambologna’s Rape of the Sabine Women 1581 – 1582. Marble, height 13’6″. Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence. encyclopedia britannica Giambologna – Biography khan academy article Giambologna, Abduction of a Sabine Woman
Read MoreCellini’s Perseus and Medusa 1545 – 1554. Bronze. Piazzo della Signoria, Florence. Khan academy video Cellini, Perseus Daily art magazine article Perseus and the Head of Medusa — A Very Florentine Story
Read MoreSofonisba Anguissola’s Self Portrait 1550. Oil on canvas, 43 3/4″ x 43 1/8″. Pinacoteca Nazionale, Sienna. the art story article Sofonisba Anguissola – Biography europeana article Sofonisba Anguissola khan academy article Sofonisba Anguissola frieze article A Renaissance Joke: What a 500-Year-Old Self-Portrait Reveals
Read MoreBronzino’s Allegory with Venus and Cupid Mid-1540s. Oil on panel, 57.5 x 46″. National Gallery, London. khan academy video Bronzino, An Allegory with Venus and Cupid the independent article Great Works: An Allegory with Venus and Cupid, by Bronzino
Read MoreBronzino’s Eleonora of Toledo 1545. Oil on wood panel, 45.25 x 37.75″. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. the met essay Mannerism: Bronzino (1503-1572) and his Contemporaries khan academy article Bronzino, Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo with her son Giovanni khan academy videos Bronzino, Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo with…
Read MoreParmigianino’s Madonna with the Long Neck 1534 – 1540. Oil on wood panel, 7’1″ x 4’4″. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. the art story article Parmigianino – Key Ideas and Artworks khan academy video Parmigianino, Madonna of the Long Neck
Read MorePontormo’s Deposition Altarpiece in the Capponi Chapel, church of Santa Felicita, Florence. 1525 – 1528. Oil and tempera on wood panel, 10’3″x6’4″. khan academy video Pontormo, The Entombment of Christ artnet article Once Filled With Crumbling Masterpieces, a 16th-Century Chapel in Florence Reopens After Painstaking Conservation
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