Books with Fore-Edge Paintings by Cesare Vecellio
16th century / From the Renaissance Library of the Pillone Family,
these particular volumes are now housed at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
16th century / From the Renaissance Library of the Pillone Family,
these particular volumes are now housed at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Trittico Botticelliano by Ottorino Respighi
“Although the theme of “The Adoration of the Magi” is recognizable as the carol “O come, O come, Emmanuel,” Respighi’s mind was not on the Advent season. Rather, the three movements of the Trittico Botticelliano each take their inspiration from a different painting by Sandro Botticelli, renowned artist of the Italian Renaissance. The first and third are likely familiar: La primavera (Spring) and La nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus). The middle part of the triptych, “L’adorazione dei Magi,” is less humanistic and more traditional, with its subject from the Book of Matthew.”
~https://www.redlandssymphony.com/pieces/trittico-botticelliano
c.1475-1476 / Tempera on wood panel / 43 3/4″x52 3/4″ / Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
Around 1490 / Oil on wood panel / 21″x15″
The Princes Czartoryskie Museum, National Museum, Kraków, Poland
16th Century / Oil on natural resin / Sala di Costantino, Vatican City, Rome
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December 14~ Animals in Art
Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/14~
1508-1512 / Fresco; pigment on wet plaster / Chapel dimensions: 133’x43’x68’
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November 1~ Artists at their Easels
Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/1~
Michelangelo’s David~
https://www.italyguides.it/en/tuscany/florence/accademia-gallery/michelangelo-s-david
Michelangelo’s Iconic ‘David’ Statue~
https://mymodernmet.com/michelangelo-david-facts/
The Life of Michelangelo~
http://www.museumsinflorence.com/foto/Accademia/Small/michelangelo.html
<<< Raphael’s Study of Michelangelo’s David, c.1505-1508
(click image to enlarge) (click link for British Museum site)
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Hispanic Artists~September 8
Ruby Bridges: Born September 8, 1954
Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/8~
c.1530 / Oil on oak panel / 32”x25 1/4” / Private collection
Previous August 14 posts:
Self Portraits~August 14
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/14~
c.1418 / Wood / 39 1/3”x35 1/2” / Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence
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Self Portraits~August 7
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/7~
1498–1499 / Carrara marble / 68.5”x76.8”x27.2” / St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome
PIETA RESTORED: British Movietone, 11/06/1972~ https://youtu.be/xwhF6D8k-qY
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Love & War~ May 21
Norma Bassett Hall, American printmaker: Born May 21, 1889
Fats Waller: Born May 21, 1904
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/21~
1470-1474 / Tempera on panel / 33 7/16”x25 3/8” / Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
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Love & War~ May 17
Erik Satie~ Born May 17, 1866
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/17~