Born at Florence in 1486; d. there in 1531. He received the surname Sarto from the fact that he was the son of a tailor. At first he was the pupil of[......]
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Renaissance
August 22nd, 2010
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(1400 – 1600) Italy became a center of commerce between Europe and Eurasia, thus a Cultural Diffusion point between the Europeans and the Muslim[......]
Allegory of Happiness & Agnolo Bronzino
April 10th, 2010
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Allegory of Happiness
Agnolo Bronzino
1564
Oil on copper, 40 x 30 cm
Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi
This painting was comm[......]
The Abduction of Europa & Titian
April 7th, 2010
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Abduction
The Abduction of Europa by Titian (1562)
The Rape of Europa (1562) is a bold diagonal composition which was admired and copied by Rube[......]
