4 articles tagged with "italian art"
Florence was the birthplace of the Renaissance. The Medici bank funded Brunelleschi's dome, Donatello's sculpture, and Botticelli's paintings. Linear perspective, humanism, and the idea of the artist as genius all started here. Here is why one city changed the course of Western art.
Discover Arte Povera, the Italian art movement that used coal, earth, straw, vegetables, and fire to challenge consumer culture and the art market. From Kounellis to Pistoletto and Merz, explore why "poor art" changed everything.
Explore Italian Futurism and its obsession with speed, machines, violence, and the thrill of modern life. From Boccioni to Balla and the Futurist Manifesto, discover the movement that worshipped the future and helped shape it.
Explore the Renaissance revolution in art, from Brunelleschi's perspective to Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel. Learn how humanism, science, and patronage created history's greatest artistic flowering.
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