Andrea del Sarto

Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo di Francesco di Luca di Paolo del Migliore, Gualfonda, Florence, 1487 - Florence, 1531) was a painter of the Italian Renaissance. Andrea del Sarto - Early Life and Training. This celebrated painter of the Florentine school was born in either 1486 or 1487 one of four children to Agnolo, a tailor (sarto). Since 1677 some have attributed the surname Vannucchi with little documentation. By 1494 Andrea apprenticed to a goldsmith, and then to a skillful woodcarver and in ...

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• Andrea del Sarto - Early Life and Training
• Andrea del Sarto - Frescoes at SS Anunziata in Florence
• Andrea del Sarto - Visit to France
• Andrea del Sarto - Later Works in Florence
• Andrea del Sarto - Madonna of the Harpies
• Andrea del Sarto - Details of Personal Life
• Andrea del Sarto - Critical Assessment and Legacy
• Andrea del Sarto - Partial Anthology of Works

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In 1520 he resumed work in Florence, and executed the Faith and Charity (Caritas) in the cloister of the Scalzo. These were succeeded by the Dance of the Daughter of Herodias, the "Beheading of the Baptist," the "Presentation of his head to Herod," an allegory of Hope, the "Apparition of the Angel to Zacharias" (1523), and the monochrome of the Visitation. This last was painted in the autumn of 1524, after Andrea had returned from Luco in Mugello, to where an outbreak of bubonic plague in Florence had driven him a ...

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Andrea del Sarto, Andrea del Sarto - Early Life and Training, Andrea del Sarto - Frescoes at SS Anunziata in Florence, Andrea del Sarto - Visit to France, Andrea del Sarto - Later Works in Florence, Andrea del Sarto - Madonna of the Harpies, Andrea del Sarto - Details of Personal Life, Andrea del Sarto - Critical Assessment and Legacy, Andrea del Sarto - Partial Anthology of Works

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Ascott House, sometimes referred to as simply Ascott, is situated in the hamlet of Ascott near Wing in Buckinghamshire. The house was originally a farm house, built in the reign of James I and known as "Ascott Hall". It was acquired by Baron Mayer de Rothschild (of the neighbouring Mentmore Towers estate) in 1873. The Rothschild family had begun to acquire vast tracts of land in Buckinghamshire earlier in the century, on which they built a series of large mansions from 1852 onwards. Baron Mayer gave the house at Ascott to his n ...

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• Ascott House - Architecture
• Ascott House - Interior
• Ascott House - Gardens
• Ascott House - Ascott today

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1487 - Events. Richard Fox becomes Bishop of Exeter. May 24 - Lambert Simnel is crowned King "Henry VI of England" in Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland. He claims to be Edward, Earl of Warwick and rivals Henry VII for the throne of England. June 16 - Battle of Stoke Field. The rebellion of Lambert Simnel, who pretended to be Edward, Earl of Warwick, son of the Duke of Clarence, is crushed by troops loyal to Henry VII Publication of the witch-hunter manual Malleus Maleficarum ...

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Lodovico Cardi called Cigoli (1559, Villa Castelvecchi di Cigoli - 1613, Rome)) is an Italian painter, architect and poet, born at Cigoli in Tuscany. Educated under Alessandro Allori and Santi di Tito, he formed a peculiar style by the study at Florence of Michelangelo, Correggio, Andrea del Sarto and Pontormo. Assimilating more of the second of these masters than of all the others, he labored for some years with success; but the attacks of his enemies, and intense application to the production of a wax model of certain anatomi ...

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Clara B. Winthrop (born 1876) was a philanthropist, art collector, and relative of John Kerry, a U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate. Winthrop was born in Massachusetts, the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Winthrop and a descendant of John Winthrop. As an adult, she was a wealthy and childless philanthropist, funding the education of John Kerry, her sister's grandson. The Boston Globe wrote: "Among the array of relatives who looked after John, none was more important to his education than grea ...

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1531 - Events. January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die October 1 - Battle of Kappel - The forces of Zürich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. Huldrych Zwingli, the Swiss religious reformer, is killed. October 28 - Battle of Amba Sel: Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi again defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of Ethiopia falls under Imam Ahmad's control. Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Virgin Mary appears to Aztec conv ...

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Wilton House is an English country house situated at Wilton near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It has been the country seat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years. The first recorded building on the site of Wilton House was of a priory founded by King Egbert circa 871. This priory later due to the munificence of King Alfred was granted lands and manors until it became a powerful and wealthy abbey. However, by the time Wilton Abbey was dissolved during the dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII of England, its prosperi ...

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• Wilton House - Hans Holbein
• Wilton House - Inigo Jones
• Wilton House - The State Rooms
• Wilton House - 19th century and James Wyatt
• Wilton House - Secondary rooms
• Wilton House - The gardens and grounds
• Wilton House - Wilton House 2006
• Wilton House - Reference

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The Tudor house built by William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke in 1551 was to last but eighty years. On the succession of the 4th Earl in 1630, he decided to pull down the southern wing and erect a new complex of staterooms in its place. It is now the second great name associated with Wilton appears: that of Inigo Jones. Before discussing the complicated history of this facade further it is necessary to describe it: The architecture of the south front is in severe Palladian style, described at the time as in the 'Italian Style'; built ...

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Wilton House, Wilton House - William Herbert, Wilton House - Hans Holbein, Wilton House - Inigo Jones, Wilton House - The State Rooms, Wilton House - 19th century and James Wyatt, Wilton House - Secondary rooms, Wilton House - The gardens and grounds, Wilton House - Wilton House 2006, Wilton House - Reference

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A staircase, designed by Vasari leads to the second floor. This floor contains the Chapel of Signoria, the Hall of Justice ("Sala delle Udienze"), the Room of the Lilies (Sala dei Gigli), the Study Room and the Apartments of the Elements. Palazzo Vecchio - The Apartments of the Elements. These apartments (Sala degli Elementi) consist of five rooms (such as the Room of Ceres) and two loggias. The commission for these rooms was originally given by Cosimo I to Battista del Tasso. But on h ...

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Palazzo Vecchio, Palazzo Vecchio - History, Palazzo Vecchio - Entrance, Palazzo Vecchio - The Courtyards, Palazzo Vecchio - First Courtyard, Palazzo Vecchio - Second Courtyard, Palazzo Vecchio - Third Courtyard, Palazzo Vecchio - Salone dei Cinquecento, Palazzo Vecchio - Studiolo, Palazzo Vecchio - Second Floor, Palazzo Vecchio - The Apartments of the Elements, Palazzo Vecchio - Terrace of Saturn, Palazzo Vecchio - The Hercules Room, Palazzo Vecchio - The Room of Jupiter, Palazzo Vecchio - The Room of Cybele, Palazzo Vecchio - The Ceres Room, Palazzo Vecchio - Sala Verde, Palazzo Vecchio - The Room of the Sabines, Palazzo Vecchio - Dining Room, Palazzo Vecchio - The Room of Penelope, Palazzo Vecchio - Private Chamber of Eleanor, Palazzo Vecchio - Sala dell' Udienza, Palazzo Vecchio - Chapel of the Signoria, Palazzo Vecchio - Sala dell Orologio, Palazzo Vecchio - Stanza del Guardarobe, Palazzo Vecchio - Old Chancellery, Palazzo Vecchio - The Study, Palazzo Vecchio - External link

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Also known as Youth with a Ram, this painting exists in two near-identical versions, both thought to be by the artist. Caravaggio's three Saint Matthew paintings for the Contarelli Chapel in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi marked a turning point in his career, attracting private and public commissions. In 1602 his Cupid (known today as Amor Vincit Omnia), done for the banker and art patron Vincenzo Giustiniani, caused a sensation in the rarified circle of Rome's wealthy connoisseurs. In the same year Ciriaco ...

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John the Baptist Caravaggio, John the Baptist Caravaggio - John the Baptist Toledo, John the Baptist Caravaggio - John the Baptist Youth with a Ram Musei Capitolini Rome and Doria Pamphilj Gallery Rome, John the Baptist Caravaggio - John the Baptist Kansas City, John the Baptist Caravaggio - John the Baptist Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica Rome, John the Baptist Caravaggio - John the Baptist St John the Baptist at the Fountain Collezione Bonelli Valletta, John the Baptist Caravaggio - John the Baptist Galleria Borghese Rome, John the Baptist Caravaggio - John the Baptist St John the Baptist Reclining Munich

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Jacopo da Pontormo's Joseph in Egypt stood in what would have been considered contradicting colors and disunified time and space in the Renaissance. Neither the clothing, nor the buildings— not even the colors— accurately represented the Bible story of Joseph. It was wrong, but it stood out as an accurate representation of society's feelings. Rosso Fiorentino, who had been a fellow-pupil of Pontormo in the studio of Andrea del Sarto, brought the Florentine maniera to Fontainebleau in 1530, where he became one of the founder ...

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Mannerism, Mannerism - Some mannerist examples, Mannerism - Mannerist architecture

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see also: List of Italian painters Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), architect Fra Angelico (1387-1445), (Giovanni da Fiesole) Baccio D'Agnolo (c. 1460-1543), sculptor, wood-carver, and architect Sisto Badalocchio (1581- c. 1647), painter and engraver Alessio Baldovinetti (1427-1499) Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), painter Donato Bramante (1444-1514), architect Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), painter,sculptor, architect, and poet Leonetto Cappiel ...

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List of Italians, List of Italians - Scientists, List of Italians - Explorers, List of Italians - Politicians, List of Italians - Writers, List of Italians - Cartoonists, List of Italians - Actors and actresses, List of Italians - Film directors, List of Italians - Artists, List of Italians - Sculptors, List of Italians - Architects, List of Italians - Musicians, List of Italians - Composers, List of Italians - Conductors Direttori, List of Italians - Sports personalities, List of Italians - Other

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At a casual first glance Ascott appears the epitome of a perfect ancient English manor house. However, as is often the case with perfect ancient English manor houses, nothing could be further from the truth. Leopold de Rothschild, whose principal country residence was Gunnersbury Park, used Ascott at first as a hunting box, but realising the limitations imposed by its modest size, in 1874 he employed the architect George Devey to enlarge it. The present half-timbered house is largely the result of that commission. Devey attempted to design a ...

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Ascott House, Ascott House - Architecture, Ascott House - Interior, Ascott House - Gardens, Ascott House - Ascott today

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On May 18, 1514, he married (1) Claude of France (October 13, 1499 – July 20, 1524), the daughter of King Louis XII of France and Anne de Bretagne. Children: Louise (August 19, 1515 – September 21, 1517) Charlotte (October 23, 1516 – September 8, 1524) François (February 28, 1518 – August 10, 1536) Henri II (March 31, 1519 – July 10, 1559) Madeleine (August 10, 1520 – July 2, 1537) married James V of Scotland Charles (January 22, 1522 – September 9, 1545) Marguerite, Duchess of Berry (June 5, 1523 – September 14, 1574). ...

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Francis I of France, Francis I of France - Marriages, Francis I of France - Francis I in fiction

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As the first Italian art historian, he initiated the genre of an encyclopedia of artistic biographies that continues today. Vasari coined the term "Renaissance" (rinascita) in print, though an awareness of the ongoing "rebirth" in the arts had been in the air from the time of Alberti. Vasari's great work was first published in 1550, and dedicated to Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici; it included a valuable treatise on the technical methods employed in the arts. It was partly rewritten and enlarged in 1568 and provided with woodcut portraits of artists (some conjectural), entitled Delle Vite de' più ...

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Giorgio Vasari, Giorgio Vasari - The Vite, Giorgio Vasari - Biographies, Giorgio Vasari - Part 1, Giorgio Vasari - Part 2, Giorgio Vasari - Part 3

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From Mannerism onward there are more and more art movements representing tides of opinion pushing in various different directions, causing art philosophy over the centuries from about the 16th century onward to gradually fragment into the characteristic isms of Modern art. The work of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio sometimes simply called Caravaggio (1571-1610) stands on its own as one of the most original and influential artists who ever lived. He did something completely contraversial and new. He painted figu ...

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Art of Italy, Art of Italy - The Etruscans, Art of Italy - The Roman Period, Art of Italy - Byzantine Period, Art of Italy - Gothic Period, Art of Italy - The Renaissance, Art of Italy - Mannerism, Art of Italy - Modernity, Art of Italy - Baroque, Art of Italy - Rococo, Art of Italy - Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art of Italy - Expressionism, Art of Italy - Cubism Futurism and Dada, Art of Italy - Metaphysical painting and Surrealism, Art of Italy - Classical Modernism of the 20th Century, Art of Italy - Modernists: see also:, Art of Italy - Post-Modern Italian art

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Vasari relates how the orphaned boy, "young, melancholy and lonely," was shuttled around as a young apprentice: "Jacopo had not been many months in Florence before Bernardo Vettori sent him to stay with Leonardo da Vinci, and then with Mariotto Albertinelli, Piero di Cosimo, and finally, in 1512, with Andrea del Sarto, with whom he did not remain long, for after he had done the cartoons for the arch of the Servites, it does not seem that Andrea bore him any good will, whatever ...

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Pontormo, Pontormo - Life, Pontormo - Deposition from the Cross in Cappella Capponi at Santa Felicità Florence, Pontormo - Lost or Damaged Works, Pontormo - Critical Assessment And Legacy, Pontormo - Anthology of works, Pontormo - 1522-1530, Pontormo - Mature works after 1530

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The Accademia Gallery has housed the original David of Michelangelo since 1873. The sculpture was allegedly brought to the Accademia for reasons of conservation, although other factors were involved in its move from its previous outdoor location on Piazza della Signoria. The original intention was to create a 'Michelangelo museum', with original sculptures and drawings, to celebrate the fourth centenary of the artist's birth. Today the gallery's small collection of Michelangelos include his Captives intended for the tomb of Pop ...

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Accademia dell' Arte del Disegno, Accademia dell' Arte del Disegno - The Accademia Gallery, Accademia dell' Arte del Disegno - External link

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The Renaissance is said to begin in 14th century Italy. The rediscovery of Ancient Greek and Roman art and classics brought better proportions, perspective and use of lighting in art. Wealthy families, such as the Medicis, and the papacy served as patrons for many Italian artists, including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Donatello, and Raphael. The focus of most art remained religious. Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel, and sculpted his famous Pietà. Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Raphael painted several Madonnas. Both Miche ...

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Art of Italy, Art of Italy - The Etruscans, Art of Italy - The Roman Period, Art of Italy - Byzantine Period, Art of Italy - Gothic Period, Art of Italy - The Renaissance, Art of Italy - Mannerism, Art of Italy - Modernity, Art of Italy - Baroque, Art of Italy - Rococo, Art of Italy - Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art of Italy - Expressionism, Art of Italy - Cubism Futurism and Dada, Art of Italy - Metaphysical painting and Surrealism, Art of Italy - Classical Modernism of the 20th Century, Art of Italy - Modernists: see also:, Art of Italy - Post-Modern Italian art

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