_Arts

Allegory of Happiness (1564) Angelo Bronzino, "Allegorie des Glücks" (1564) Oil on copper 40 x 30 cm Uffizien (Florenz) Agnolo di Cosimo (November 17, 1503 – November 23, 1572), usually known as Il Bronzino, or Agnolo Bronzino was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Angelo_Bronzino_-_Allegorie_Des_Gl%C3%BCcks.jpg Angelo Bronzino | Paintings in the Uffizi Gallery | 1564 paintings | Fortuna | Paintings of cornucopia | Caduceus | Allegorical paintings | Humans with angels | Oil on copper | Mannerism (1520 - 1600)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Leonardo Da Vinci is the most well known of The Old Masters of the Renaissance period in Europe. Born April 15th, 1452 an illegitimate son of a Florence, Itlay notary, Piero da Vinci, and a young woman named Caterina in a small town of Vinci, Leonardo had artistic talent at a young age, he was apprenticed to Andrea Verrocchio in 1469, a leading Renaissance master of that time. Leonardo stayed and studied at the progressive Florence workshop where he aquired a varitey of skills in the arts. He became a member of the painters' guild in 1472 and by 1478 he was commissioned to paint an altarpiece for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. By 1482 Leonardo left Florence for Milan and worked for Duke Lodovico Sforza for the next 18 years. He was the court artist, and worked on many projects that saw him branch out into civil and military engineering, anatomy, mathematics, physics, and biology. In 1499, when Leonardo's patron along with the town of Florence f...

Mona Lisa (1503–1506) Artist: Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) Title: Mona Lisa Italiano: La Gioconda (Monna Lisa) Français : La Joconde Year: 1503–1506 Technique: Oil on poplar Dimensions: 77 cm × 53 cm Current location: Louvre, Paris Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda or La Joconde) is a sixteenth-century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel in Florence, Italy by Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci during the Renaissance. The work is currently owned by the Government of France and is on display at the Louvre museum in Paris under the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. Arguably, it is the most famous and iconic painting in the world. The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose facial expression is frequently described as enigmatic. Others believe that the slight smile is an indication that the subject is hiding a secret. The ambiguity of the subject's expression, the monumentality of the composition, and the subtle ...

The Birth of Venus Artist: Sandro Botticelli Title: The Birth of Venus Bosanski: Rođenje Venere. Česky: Zrození Venuše. Dansk: Venus' fødsel. Deutsch: Geburt der Venus. Español: El nacimiento de Venus. Eesti: Veenuse sünd. Français : La Naissance de Vénus. Italiano: La nascita di Venere. 日本語: ヴィーナスの誕生 한국어: 비너스의 탄생 Polski: Narodziny Wenus. Slovenčina: Zrodenie Venuše. Suomi: Venuksen syntymä. Svenska: Venus födelse. Türkçe: Venüs'ün Doğuşu Русский: Рождение Венеры. 中文: 维纳斯的诞生 Year: 1486 Technique: Tempera on canvas Dimensions: 172.5 × 278.5 cm (67.91 × 109.65 in) Current location: Galleria degli Uffizi The Birth of Venus is a painting by Sandro Botticelli. It depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged from the sea as a full grown woman, arriving at the sea-shore (which is related to the Venus Anadyomene motif). The painting is held in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Origins In the past many scholars thought that this large picture may have been, lik...