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Drawing the Italian Renaissance: Raphael never seemed so beautifully ordinary
Often, they were preparatory studies for finished paintings or works in other media ... use a nutcracker rather than its own claws. Raphael, that famous lover, was one of only a handful of Renaissance ...
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See the Breathtaking 14th-Century Sienese Artworks That Helped Set the Italian Renaissance in Motion
This brief chapter of art history is often overlooked. Now, an exhibition in New York City makes a strong argument for the ...
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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
A famous sheet of Leonardo da Vinci ... 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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Italian Renaissance Drawings from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen at the Fondation Custodia
This autumn seems to be the season for Old Master Drawings exhibitions! The Fondation Custodia in Paris opened a new show ...
Newbury Weekly News8d
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 ...
Artnet8d
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 ...
The Independent9d
Oxford museum saves Renaissance artwork for public after raising nearly £5m
Art and culture being accessible to all is “fundamental”, the Ashmolean Museum director has said, after securing nearly £5 million in funding to save a rare Italian Renaissance painting.