Encyclopedia - Parmigianino: Encyclopedia Ii - Parmigianino - Life History
On 11 January, 1503, Mazzola was born the eighth child of Filippo Mazzola and an unknown mother. Just two years later, his father died of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alchemy: Encyclopedia - Alchemy
Alchemy is an early protoscientific and philosophical discipline combining the elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antonio Da Correggio: Encyclopedia - Antonio Da Correggio
Antonio Allegri da Correggio (Correggio, Italy August 1489 – March 5, 1534) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. It is not alway ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uffizi: Encyclopedia - Uffizi
The Uffizi Gallery (Italian: Galleria degli Uffizi) is a palace or palazzo in Florence, holding one of the oldest and most famous art mus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1503: Encyclopedia - 1503
1503 - Events. January 20 - Seville in Castile is awarded exclusive right to trade with the New World. April 21 - Battle of Cerignola....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pontormo: Encyclopedia Ii - Pontormo - Life
Vasari relates how the orphaned boy, "young, melancholy and lonely," was shuttled around as a young apprentice: "Jacopo had not been man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mannerism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mannerism - Some Mannerist Examples
Jacopo da Pontormo's Joseph in Egypt stood in what would have been considered contradicting colors and disunified time and space in the R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uffizi: Encyclopedia Ii - Uffizi - The Museum And Its History
Building of the palace was commenced in 1560 by Giorgio Vasari for Cosimo I de' Medici as the offices for the Florentine magistrates - he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parma: Encyclopedia Ii - Parma - History
The city was most probably founded and named by the Etruscans, for a parma (circular shield) was a Latin borrowing, as were many Roman te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Renaissance: Encyclopedia Ii - French Renaissance - Art Of The French Renaissance
French Art Main Page Categories Prehistoric Medieval Renaissance & Mannerism Baroque & Classicism Rococo & Neoclassicism The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alchemy: Encyclopedia Ii - Alchemy - History
Alchemy encompasses several philosophical traditions spanning some four millennia and three continents. These traditions' general penchan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antonio Da Correggio: Encyclopedia Ii - Antonio Da Correggio - Loves Of Jupiter
In addition to his religious art, he produced a set of 4 mythological masterpiece paintings centered around the Loves of Jupiter as itemi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alchemy: Encyclopedia Ii - Alchemy - Overview
Alchemy - Alchemy as a proto-science. The common perception of alchemists is that they were pseudo-scientists, crackpots and charlatans...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alchemy: Encyclopedia Ii - Alchemy - Etymology
The word alchemy comes from the Arabic al-kīmiyaˀ or al-khīmiyaˀ (الكيمياء or الخيمياء), which is probably formed fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alchemy: Encyclopedia Ii - Alchemy - Alchemy In Art And Entertainment
Alchemy - Literature. Many authors lampooned alchemists and used them as the butt of satirical attacks. Two famous examples of these in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antonio Da Correggio: Encyclopedia Ii - Antonio Da Correggio - Anthology Of Works
... See also:Antonio da Correggio, Antonio da Correggio - Loves of Jupiter, Antonio da Correggio - Anthology of Works, Antonio da Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parma: Encyclopedia Ii - Parma - Miscellaneous
Parma hosts the Teatro Regio, a famous opera theatre. Stendhal set much of his masterpiece (The Charterhouse of Parma) in the city, even ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Renaissance: Encyclopedia Ii - French Renaissance - Music Of The French Renaissance
Burgundy, the mostly French-speaking area adjacent to and east of France, was the musical center of Europe in the early and middle 15th c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parmigianino: Encyclopedia Ii - Parmigianino - Works
Is it believed that Mazzola was the first Italian artist to make etchings. His work in this influenced the technology and art of printma...   » Read the article