Category: 15th century

The Tempest by Giorgione: a pictorial enigma of the Venetian Renaissance

The Tempest is an oil painting on canvas by the Italian painter Giorgione, dated between 1506 and 1508. It depicts a mysterious scene where a woman breastfeeding a child and a man holding a stick face each other in a stormy landscape. It measures 82 x 73 cm and is housed in the Gallerie dell’Accademia […]

The Feast of the Gods by Bellini: a mythological and refined painting of the Venetian Renaissance

The Feast of the Gods is an oil painting on canvas by the Italian painter Giovanni Bellini, begun in 1514 and completed by Titian in 1529. It depicts the gods of Greco-Roman mythology gathered around a banquet in an idyllic landscape. It measures 170.2 x 188 cm and is housed in the National Gallery of […]

The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosch: an enigmatic and fascinating work of the Renaissance

The Garden of Earthly Delights is an oil painting on wood by the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch, belonging to the period of the Flemish Primitives. The work is structured as a triptych, a format often used by painters from the early 15th century to the early 17th century in the northern part of Europe. The […]

The primavera by Botticelli: a poetic and mysterious allegory of the Renaissance

The primavera by Botticelli is an allegorical painting made with tempera on wood panel between 1478 and 1482, period of the First Renaissance. It depicts a group of characters from classical mythology in a flower garden, but no story has been found to bring together this particular group. It is considered one of the most […]

La belle ferronnière by Da Vinci: the portrait of a mysterious woman

La belle ferronnière by Da Vinci is a fascinating portrait, which illustrates the artistic and scientific genius of Leonardo da Vinci. This painting, exhibited at the Louvre Museum in Paris, depicts a mysterious woman, whose identity and history have been the subject of many hypotheses. Historical context of the work La belle ferronnière is a […]

The birth of Venus: a masterpiece of the Renaissance inspired by ancient mythology

The birth of Venus is a painting by Sandro Botticelli around 1485. It represents the goddess Venus emerging from the waters on a shell, accompanied by personifications of the wind and spring. This painting is kept in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It is considered one of the masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance and one […]

The Dream of Constantine: a masterful fresco by Piero della Francesca

The Dream of Constantine is a fresco by Piero della Francesca that is part of the cycle The Legend of the True Cross painted in the main chapel of the basilica San Francesco in Arezzo and dating from 1458-1466. It depicts a key episode in the history of Christianity: the conversion of Emperor Constantine after […]
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