Uccello: A strange old bird obsessed with perspective
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 12. Paolo Uccello*** Paolo Uccello (1397-1474) was a pioneer of the use of linear perspective, invented…
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Is Filippo Lippi’s angel the cheekiest in the history of art?
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 11. Filippo Lippi*** There are many wonderful pictures in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, a treasure…
Domenico Ghirlandaio: miraculous frescoes and moving portraits
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 10. Domenico Ghirlandaio*** Domenico Ghirlandaio (1448-1494) a Florentine Renaissance painter, is perhaps most famous for his…
Lorenzo Ghiberti: a lifetime’s dedication to doors
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 9. Lorenzo Ghiberti*** The Florentine sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455) made his name through the design and construction…
Turbulent scenes from Artemesia Gentileschi
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room her name: 8. Artemisia Gentileschi *** The Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1654?) has become a feminist icon, celebrated for…
Fra Angelico: an angelic brother with ‘a rare and perfect talent’
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 7. Fra Angelico *** The Dominican monk Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (Brother John from Fiesole) (1395-1455)…
Life itself stirring vigorously in the stone: Donatello’s innovative statues
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 6. Donatello *** Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (1386-1466), better known as Donatello, invented neo-classical sculpture…
Brunelleschi: Si monumentum requiris circumspice
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 5. Filippo Brunelleschi *** Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446), truly a Renaissance Man, built the soaring, gravity-defying dome of…
Power and public relations in Medici Florence: Bronzino’s stunning images with a message
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 4. Bronzino*** Agnolo Bronzino, Eleonora di Toledo and her son Giovanni de’ Medici. The Uffizi Gallery,…
Botticelli: How Sandy Little Barrel conquered the artistic world
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives his name to your room: 3: Sandro Botticelli *** We’ll bet you’ve never heard of Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni…
Sofonisba Anguissola: Youthful vitality and feminine ambition
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives her name to your room: 2: Sofonisba Anguissola*** This delightful family portrait, of her three younger sisters playing chess, was…
Leon Battista Alberti: A Renaissance polymath – inspiring others by showing and telling
The first of our artists whose life and times are celebrated in Watermill bedroom names: 1. Alberti*** Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) was an extraordinary Renaissance polymath: architect, artist, author, mathematician,…