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Il Papacello
Tommaso Barnabei (sometimes as Tommaso Bernabei), also known as ''Maso Papacello'' (c. 1500 in Rome or Cortona – 18 May 1559 in Cortona), was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. He was a pupil of Luca Signorelli, and aided Giulio Romano at Rome. At about 1523-4 he assisted Giambattista Caporali at the villa of Cardinal Passerini, near Cortona. He painted three pictures, representing an ''Annunciation'', ''Conception'', and ''Adoration of Magi'' for the church of Santa Maria del Calcinaio, near Cortona, and finally settled at Perugia, where he died in 1559. Other works * ''History of Rome'' (''Storie di Roma''), 1524–1525, fresco, Cortona, Palazzone Passerini. * ''Assumption of the Virgin'', 1525–1528, oil on wood, Chiesa del Calcinaio, Cortona * ''Madonna with Child and Saints'', ca. 1527, fresco, Farneta Abbey, Cortona * ''Pentecost'', ca. 1529, oil on wood, Cathedral of Cortona * ''Annunciation'', 1532, oil on wood, Museo Civico, Montone * Ceiling Decorations, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and surpass the ideas and achievements of classical antiquity. Associated with great social change in most fields and disciplines, including Renaissance art, art, Renaissance architecture, architecture, politics, Renaissance literature, literature, Renaissance exploration, exploration and Science in the Renaissance, science, the Renaissance was first centered in the Republic of Florence, then spread to the Italian Renaissance, rest of Italy and later throughout Europe. The term ''rinascita'' ("rebirth") first appeared in ''Lives of the Artists'' () by Giorgio Vasari, while the corresponding French word was adopted into English as the term for this period during the 1830s. The Renaissance's intellectual basis was founded in its version of Renaiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
