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Drawing the Italian Renaissance: Raphael never seemed so beautifully ordinary
Yet, for head of prints and drawings Martin Clayton, who, here, selects 158 of them (including nine which are double-sided), Renaissance drawings were, with a few exceptions, “working tools”. Often, ...
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See the Breathtaking 14th-Century Sienese Artworks That Helped Set the Italian Renaissance in Motion
The works by the Sienese artists may not be as technically advanced as the Renaissance paintings that came later, but examining them side by side is instructive: In a review, Artnet’s Ben Davis ...
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Drawing the Italian Renaissance at the King’s Gallery review: from Leonardo’s dragons to Raphael’s Graces this is a splendid show
But by this point we have seen so many striking pieces – fresher and livelier than paintings – that we can only marvel that it took that long. The title of the exhibition is Drawing the Italian ...
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Major Renaissance painting saved for the nation by Ashmolean Oxford £4.48m appeal
Ashmolean saves Fra Angelico masterpiece for the public, launching the museum as world-leading centre for the study of ...
Electrician Finds Rare 17th-century Frescoes In Rome Palace
Rare frescoes dating back to the 17th century have been found by chance by an electrician working in Rome's Villa Farnesina. The Renaissance works were discovered a year ago behind a false ceiling ...
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Museum Raises $6 Million to Keep Rare Renaissance Painting in the U.K.
A rare early masterpiece by the Renaissance painter Fra Angelico has been acquired by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England ...