Meeting Benches World art in all forms
CORNELIS VAN HAARLEM (1562/1638), DUTCH PAINTER – The brand of Mannerism: complex nudes in twisted poses, besides mythological and kitchen scenes
AT THE GATES OF THE BAROQUE PAINTING – Annibale Carracci: a short season of art, imitating nature
ANNIBALE CARRACCI 1/3 – He, the son of a tailor, was born in Bologna in an autumn day in 1560, and his training takes place outside the family circle, though growing – professionally and humanely – with his brother Agostino and his cousin Ludovico. Coming out of the box of the late Mannerism, he proposed the recovery of Italian painting …
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MASTERS OF FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM
FRANCESCO NESI, ITALIAN PAINTER – When dreams are the main feature of the painting
COLORFUL HILLS AND SMALL VILLAGES – The wanderful world of Francesco Nesi
FRANCESCO NESI 1/3 – Francesco Nesi is born in a September day in San Casciano Val di Pesa, Tuscany. At present, he lives and works in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa. He is a self-taught artist, and his love for art allowed him to transform a passion in a full-time work. Dreams are the main feature of his compositions, and all …
Read More »MARIO CARRENO Y MORALES (1913/1999), CUBAN PAINTER – Shades of abstract and symbolic geometric trend, with surreal overtones
BOTTICELLI AND PICASSO, DIEGO RIVERA, SIQUEIROS AND OROZCO – Five art imprints, in the life of Mario Carreño y Morales
MARIO CARRENO Y MORALES 1/3 – Mario Carreño Morales, is born in Cuba, in the city of Havana on a day in June of 1913. His painting, will have an abstract and symbolic geometric trend with surreal overtones. His first works, affected by the influence of Picasso, but evolve in the grandeur of the Mexican muralists. His formative period, when …
Read More »RAFFAELLO SANZIO (1483/1520), ITALIAN PAINTER – The child was alone, which was adopted by the Renaissance Art
HANDSOME AND TALENTED, FAMOUS, LOVED BY WOMEN AND ESTIMATED BY MEN – The extraordinary life of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino
RAFFAELLO SANZIO 1/3 – Pupil of his father Giovanni (and later by Perugino), soon he is one of the most renowned artists. In Urbino there was a school of painting that influenced the painter, and the atmosphere of the place he always retain creative juices. Umbrian constructive influences of Perugino and Pinturicchio, enter into the life of Raffaello, and an …
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