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Durante mucho tiempo la pintura del siglo XIX ha sido mal conocida y, en consecuencia, en cierto modo postergada, como si estuviera atrapada entre la brilantez de los siglos anteriores y la irrupción de las vanguardias que marcan el comienzo de la modernidad. A poner remedio a esa injusta (...)

Renaissance sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni (ca. 1440-1491) was a student of Donatello, a teacher of Michelangelo, and a favourite of Lorenzo de' Medici "il Magnifico," his principal patron. Bertoldo was one of the first sculptors to create statuettes in bronze. With an overview of the artist's (...)

Giovanni Bellini (d. 1516) boasts a long career that left an indelible mark on Venetian painting. Vasari and other early writers failed to distinguish Bellini's late works from the rest of his output. Focused on Titian as the quintessential "old age" artist, subsequent writers have also paid little (...)