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May 8, 2024 · New York City has been the world art capital since 1945, and is now the world capital of Latin art. Frieze Week in May, Armory Week in September, and the May and November art auctions are pillars of New York’s art scene. The Cisneros Institute at the Museum of Modern Art makes New York the world capital of Latin American contemporary art.
3 days ago · Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfɾiða ˈkalo]; 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954 [1]) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions ...
May 9, 2024 · Raphael, master painter and architect of the Italian High Renaissance, best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur.
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- Raphael was one of the most talented painters of the Italian Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and f...
- Raphael is probably most famous for his paintings, including Madonna in the Meadow (1505/06), School of Athens (c. 1508–11), Sistine Madonna (1512/...
- Raphael was born to Giovanni Santi, a painter, and Magia di Battista Ciarla, both of whom died when Raphael was a child. Biographer Giorgio Vasari...
- Raphael’s father, a painter, offered his son his first lessons. Raphael later joined Perugino’s workshop about the 1490s, but scholars debate wheth...
- Raphael died of a fever at the age of 37. Biographer Giorgio Vasari mentions Raphael’s love of women and alleges that the fever was caused by a nig...
May 13, 2024 · Sandro Botticelli (born 1445, Florence [Italy]—died May 17, 1510, Florence) was one of the greatest painters of the Florentine Renaissance. His The Birth of Venus and La Primavera are often said to epitomize for modern viewers the spirit of the Renaissance.
- Sandro Botticelli was one of the greatest painters of the Florentine Renaissance. His Birth of Venus (c. 1485) and Primavera (c. 1480; Spring) are...
- Sandro Botticelli was born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi to a father who was a tanner. Sandro had an elder brother, Giovanni, a pawnbroker who was...
- Sandro Botticelli’s father apprenticed him to a goldsmith after his schooling was finished. But, since Sandro preferred painting, his father placed...
- The cause of Sandro Botticelli’s death in 1510 has not been widely written about. Biographer Giorgio Vasari described Botticelli as impoverished an...
May 12, 2024 · Discover my favorite inspirational Latin quotes and proverbs to contemplate life, time, and other philosophical subjects. Latin, the ancient language spoken by the Romans, continues to captivate and inspire with its profound wisdom and timeless truths. It also reminds us of the enduring power of human thought and introspection.
May 6, 2024 · Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter known for her uncompromising and brilliantly colored self-portraits that confront such themes as identity, the human body, and death. Some of her notable paintings included Frieda and Diego Rivera (1931) and The Two Fridas (1939). Read more about Kahlo’s life and career.
May 21, 2024 · In 1789 don Ignacio Mazihcatzin, the Indian pastor of Yehualtepec, commissioned noted regional artist José Manuel Yllanes to do a set of oil paintings for his parish church. As a formal record of inquiry and approval between don Ignacio and the bishop of Puebla, the document includes depositions about the prospective paintings and watercolor ...
