Renaissance Art

October 2, 2019

Secret Drawings Have Been Discovered Underneath a Priceless Leonardo da Vinci Painting

London's National Gallery of Art boasts a world-class collection of art. In addition to paintings by iconic Impressionist artists and legendary English landscape painters, the museum houses many works by Renaissance masters, like Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks. Since acquiring the panel painting in 1880, the museum has considered it a highlight of its collection.

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January 24, 2018

The Significance of Botticelli’s Renaissance Masterpiece ‘The Birth of Venus’

An early master of the Italian Renaissance, Sandro Botticelli is celebrated for his painterly contributions to the major art movement. While the artist's oeuvre features secular portraits and Biblical depictions, he is most well- known for his larger-than-life, mythological scenes—namely, The Birth of Venus. Created in the late 15th century and exhibited in Florence's famed Uffizi Gallery since the early 1900s, the monumental painting has been admired and analyzed for centuries.

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