1480s in art
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| 1470s 1470s in art The decade of the 1470s in art involved some significant events.-Sculpture:* 1474: Neroccio di Bartolomeo de' Landi creates his wooden statue of a youthful Saint Catherine of Siena that was set in the Sanctuary of Santa Caterina-Paintings:... . 1480s in art . 1490s 1490s in art The decade of the 1490s in art involved some significant events.- Events :The Renaissance is in full swing during the 1490s, and Leonardo da Vinci is painting in realistic, chiaroscuro style. In music, many new musical styles were being created, including the motet and madrigal, replacing an... |
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The decade of the 1480s in art involved some significant events.
Events
- 1482 – A MilaneseMilaneseMilanese is the central variety of the Western Lombard language spoken in the city and province of Milan....
Duke commissions Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da VinciLeonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance...
to make an equine statue that would have been the largest in the world. A clay cast is made over sixteen years but the bronze is appropriated for use in cannons and the cast is destroyed when the Duke’s castle falls to FrenchFrench peopleThe French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
invaders. - 1487 – Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da VinciLeonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance...
creates his "Vitruvian ManVitruvian ManThe Vitruvian Man is a world-renowned drawing created by Leonardo da Vinci circa 1487. It is accompanied by notes based on the work of the famed architect, Vitruvius. The drawing, which is in pen and ink on paper, depicts a male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and...
" drawingDrawingDrawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
(approximate date). - 1488 - Giovanni di Stefano (sculptor)Giovanni di Stefano (sculptor)Giovanni di Stefano was an Italian bronze-caster, engineer, and sculptor. Baptized 20 June 1443, he was the son of Stefano di Giovanni....
makes floor intarsia showing Hermes TrismegistusHermes TrismegistusHermes Trismegistus is the eponymous author of the Hermetic Corpus, a sacred text belonging to the genre of divine revelation.-Origin and identity:...
, PlatoPlatoPlato , was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the...
and Marsilio FicinoMarsilio FicinoMarsilio Ficino was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance, an astrologer, a reviver of Neoplatonism who was in touch with every major academic thinker and writer of his day, and the first translator of Plato's complete extant works into Latin...
in west entrance of Siena Cathedral.
Paintings
- 1480: Carlo CrivelliCarlo CrivelliCarlo Crivelli was an Italian Renaissance painter of conservative Late Gothic decorative sensibility, who spent his early years in the Veneto, where he absorbed influences from the Vivarini, Squarcione and Mantegna...
– Madonna and Child - 1480: Giovanni BelliniGiovanni BelliniGiovanni Bellini was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. His father was Jacopo Bellini, his brother was Gentile Bellini, and his brother-in-law was Andrea Mantegna. He is considered to have revolutionized Venetian painting, moving it...
– St. Francis in Ecstasy - 1482: Sandro BotticelliSandro BotticelliAlessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance...
– PrimaveraPrimavera (painting)Primavera, also known as Allegory of Spring, is a tempera panel painting by Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli. Painted ca. 1482, the painting is described in Culture & Values as "[o]ne of the most popular paintings in Western art"... - 1486: Carlo CrivelliCarlo CrivelliCarlo Crivelli was an Italian Renaissance painter of conservative Late Gothic decorative sensibility, who spent his early years in the Veneto, where he absorbed influences from the Vivarini, Squarcione and Mantegna...
– Annunciation with St. Emidius - 1486: Sandro BotticelliSandro BotticelliAlessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance...
– Birth of VenusThe Birth of Venus (Botticelli)The Birth of Venus is a painting by Sandro Botticelli. It depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged from the sea as a fully grown woman, arriving at the sea-shore...
Births
- 1480: Giovanni Francesco CarotoGiovanni Francesco CarotoGiovanni Francesco Caroto was an Italian painter of the Renaissanceactive mainly in his native city of Verona.He initially apprenticed under Liberale da Verona , a conservative painter infused with the style of Mantegna...
– Italian painter active in VeronaVeronaVerona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
(d. 1555/15581555 in art-Events:* Villa Giulia is completed, which now houses the National Etruscan Museum's collection of Etruscan art and artifacts-Paintings:* c. 1555-1560 – Illuminated tugra of Sultan Suleyman, from Istambul, Turkey, is made. It is now kept at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.-Births:* April...
) - 1480: Lorenzo LottoLorenzo LottoLorenzo Lotto was a Northern Italian painter draughtsman and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school. He painted mainly altarpieces, religious subjects and portraits...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
draughtsman and illustrator (d. 15561556 in art-Births:* Adrien de Vries – Late Mannerist sculptor born in the Netherlands * Otto van Veen – painter, draughtsman, and humanist * Pietro Malombra – Italian painter * Giovanni Paolo Cavagna – Italian painter...
) - 1480: Hans Leonhard SchäufeleinHans Leonhard SchäufeleinHans Leonhard Schäufelein was a German painter, designer, and wood engraver.He was born in Nuremberg, probably studied under Wohlgemut, and then became the assistant of Dürer, whom he imitated...
– German painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, designerDesignerA designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...
, and wood engraverWood engravingWood engraving is a technique in printmaking where the "matrix" worked by the artist is a block of wood. It is a variety of woodcut and so a relief printing technique, where ink is applied to the face of the block and printed by using relatively low pressure. A normal engraving, like an etching,...
(d. 15401540 in art-Works:*Südindischer Meister – Group of Women* Qiu Ying paints The Imperial examinations-Births:* Giovanni Maria Butteri – Italian painter primarily of frescoes * Dionysius Calvaert , Flemish painter...
) - 1480: Palma il Vecchio – ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
of the Venetian school (d. 15281528 in art-Works:* The Artist's Family – Hans Holbein-Births:* Federico Barocci, Italian painter * Theodor de Bry, Flemish engraver and draftsman * Gillis Mostaert – Dutch painter, son of Jan Mostaert...
) - 1480: Marcantonio RaimondiMarcantonio RaimondiMarcantonio Raimondi, also simply Marcantonio, was an Italian engraver, known for being the first important printmaker whose body of work consists mainly of prints copying paintings. He is therefore a key figure in the rise of the reproductive print...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
engraver (d. 15341534 in art-Events:* Michelangelo begins work on the fresco The Last Judgment to be painted on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel-Painting:* Corneille de Lyon – Portrait of a Man* Lorenzo Lotto – Annunciation-Births:...
) - 1480: Hans BaldungHans BaldungHans Baldung, known as Hans Baldung Grien/Grün was a German Renaissance artist in painting and printmaking in woodcut. He was considered the most gifted student of Albrecht Dürer.-Life:...
– GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
artist as painter and printmaker in woodcutWoodcutWoodcut—occasionally known as xylography—is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges...
(d. 15451545 in art-Paintings:* Lucas Cranach the Younger – The Conversion of St. Paul-Sculpture:* Hans Gieng of Fribourg completes work on the fountains of Bern in Switzerland.-Births:...
) - 1480: Jean ClouetJean ClouetJean Clouet was a miniaturist and painter who worked in France during the Renaissance. He was the father of François Clouet.-Biography:Clouet was allegedly born in Brussels....
– miniaturist and painter who worked in France during the RenaissanceFrench RenaissanceFrench Renaissance is a recent term used to describe a cultural and artistic movement in France from the late 15th century to the early 17th century. It is associated with the pan-European Renaissance that many cultural historians believe originated in northern Italy in the fourteenth century...
(d. 15411541 in art-Births:date unknown* El Greco , painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance * Yi Chong, Korean painter -Deaths:...
) - 1480: Nicola FilotesioNicola FilotesioNicola Filotesio was an Italian painter, architect and sculptor of the Renaissance period, active primarily in or near the town of Ascoli Piceno .A native of the town of Amatrice in the Papal State of Latium Nicola Filotesio (9 September 1480 [differing sources give 1489]—31 August 1547 [sources...
– Italian painter, architect and sculptor (d. 15471547 in art-Events:* Edward VI of England issues Reformation injunctions which leads to the destruction of many rood screens, and many religious works painted over-Paintings:* Andrea Schiavone – Adoration of the Magi* Titian – Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos...
) - 1480: Joachim PatinirJoachim PatinirJoachim Patinir, also called de Patiner , was a Flemish Northern Renaissance history and landscape painter from the area of modern Wallonia...
– FlemishFlandersFlanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
Northern RenaissanceNorthern RenaissanceThe Northern Renaissance is the term used to describe the Renaissance in northern Europe, or more broadly in Europe outside Italy. Before 1450 Italian Renaissance humanism had little influence outside Italy. From the late 15th century the ideas spread around Europe...
historyHistory paintingHistory painting is a genre in painting defined by subject matter rather than an artistic style, depicting a moment in a narrative story, rather than a static subject such as a portrait...
and landscape painter (d. 15241524 in art-Paintings:* Giovanni Francesco Bembo paints an altarpiece for San Pietro depicting a Madonna with three saints and a donor* Francesco Vecellio completes an altarpiece for San Vito in Cadore...
) - 1480: Albrecht AltdorferAlbrecht AltdorferAlbrecht Altdorfer was a German painter, printmaker and architect of the Renaissance era.-Biography:Altdorfer was born in Regensburg or Altdorf around 1480....
– German painter, pioneer of landscape in art (d. 15381538 in art-Painting:* Michelangelo – Study for the Colonna Pieta* Jacopo Bassano – The Supper at Emmaus-Births:* Antonio Abondio – Italian sculptor, best known as a medallist and as the pioneer of the coloured wax relief portrait miniature...
) - 1480: Jerg RatgebJerg RatgebJerg Ratgeb was a German painter and contemporary of Dürer.-Life and works:...
– German painter (d. 15261526 in art-Painting:* Albrecht Dürer - The Four Apostles* Lorenzo Lotto – Le Portement de Croix* Lorenzo Lotto – Portrait of a Young Man* Sebastiano del Piombo – Portrait of Andrea Doria-Births:...
) - 1480: Raimo Epifanio TesauroRaimo Epifanio TesauroRaimo Epifanio Tesauro was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born and died in Naples, was the son and pupil of Bernardo Tesauro. He painted several works in fresco in the public buildings of Naples.-References:...
– Italian RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
painter specializing in frescoFrescoFresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...
es (d. 15111511 in art-Events:-Painting:* Matthias Grünewald – The Small Crucifixion* Titian – The Miracle of the Speaking Babe* Raphael – The School of Athens-Births:* Bartolomeo Ammanati, architect and sculptor...
) - 1480: Jan Wellens de CockJan Wellens de CockJan Wellens de Cock was a Flemish painter and draftsman of the Northern Renaissance. He was probably born in Leiden in Holland but settled in Antwerpen....
, Flemish painter and draughtsman of the Northern Renaissance (d. 15271527 in art-Events:* Pieter van Aelst enters the Antwerp Guild of painters* John Browne becomes the first Serjeant Painter-Births:* Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian painter * Luca Cambiasi, Italian painter...
) - 1480/1482: Bernardino LuiniBernardino LuiniBernardino Luini was a North Italian painter from Leonardo's circle. Both Luini and Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio were said to have worked with Leonardo directly; he was described to have taken "as much from Leonardo as his native roots enabled him to comprehend". Consequently many of his works were...
– North ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
from Leonardo'sLeonardo da VinciLeonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance...
circle (d. 15321532 in art-Painting:* Lucas Cranach the Elder – Melancholy* Titian – Andrea dei Franceschi*Hans Holbein** Terminus, the Device of Erasmus**Portrait of Georg Gisze-Births:* Sofonisba Anguissola – Italian painter of the Renaissance...
) - 1480/1485: Girolamo SavoldoGirolamo SavoldoGirolamo Savoldo, also called Girolamo da Brescia was an Italian High Renaissance painter.-Biography:...
– Italian High RenaissanceItalian RenaissanceThe Italian Renaissance began the opening phase of the Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement in Europe that spanned the period from the end of the 13th century to about 1600, marking the transition between Medieval and Early Modern Europe...
painter (d. 15481548 in art-Births:* Baltásar de Echave* Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, Italian painter * Karel van Mander – Flemish painter, poet and biographer * Cornelis Ketel – Dutch Mannerist painter -Deaths:...
) - 1480/1490: Adriaen Isenbrandt – FlemishFlemish peopleThe Flemings or Flemish are the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Belgium, where they are mostly found in the northern region of Flanders. They are one of two principal cultural-linguistic groups in Belgium, the other being the French-speaking Walloons...
Northern RenaissanceNorthern RenaissanceThe Northern Renaissance is the term used to describe the Renaissance in northern Europe, or more broadly in Europe outside Italy. Before 1450 Italian Renaissance humanism had little influence outside Italy. From the late 15th century the ideas spread around Europe...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
(d. 15511551 in art-Births:* Luigi Benfatto – Italian painter, nephew of Paolo Veronese * Jacopo Chimenti – Italian late-mannerist painter * Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter, in 1571 a student in the Bolognese painters’ guild -Deaths:...
) - 1480/1490: Joos van CleveJoos van CleveJoos van Cleve was a painter active in Antwerp around 1511 to 1540. He was born around 1485 and died in between 1540 and 1541...
– NetherlandishDutch and Flemish Renaissance paintingDutch and Flemish Renaissance painting represents the 16th century response to Italian Renaissance art in the Low Countries. These artists, who span from the Antwerp Mannerists and Hieronymus Bosch at the start of the century to the late Northern Mannerists such as Hendrik Goltzius and Joachim...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
(d. 1540/15411540 in art-Works:*Südindischer Meister – Group of Women* Qiu Ying paints The Imperial examinations-Births:* Giovanni Maria Butteri – Italian painter primarily of frescoes * Dionysius Calvaert , Flemish painter...
) - 1480/1490: Ortolano FerrareseOrtolano FerrareseOrtolano Ferrarese was an Italian painter of the Ferrara School, active in the Renaissance period. Ticozzi cites his birth as ca. 1480.-Biography:...
– Italian painter of the Ferrara School (d. 15251525 in art-Events:* Albrecht Dürer - Publishes The Painter's Manual* Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen is named Court Painter to Archduchess Margaret of Austria-Painting:* Michelangelo – Head of Bearded Man Shouting* Pontormo - Youth in a Pink Cloak...
) - 1480: Chen DaofuChen DaofuChen Daofu ; ca. 1480-1544 was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming Dynasty ....
– ChineseChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming DynastyMing DynastyThe Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
(d. 15441544 in art-Births:* Gillis van Coninxloo – Dutch painter of forest landscapes * Palma il Giovane – Italian Mannerist painter * Giovanni Guerra, Italian draughtsman and painter * Frans Francken I – Flemish painter...
) - 1481: Baldassare PeruzziBaldassare PeruzziBaldassare Tommaso Peruzzi was an Italian architect and painter, born in a small town near Siena and died in Rome. He worked for many years, beginning in 1520, under Bramante, Raphael, and later Sangallo during the erection of the new St. Peter's...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
and painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
(d. 15371537 in art-Painting:* Hans Holbein the Younger – Portrait of Jane Seymour* Domenico di Pace Beccafumi – Saint Bernard of Siena Preaching-Births:* Giovanni Battista Naldini – Italian painter of a late-Mannerism in Florence -Deaths:...
) - 1481: Benedetto MontagnaBenedetto MontagnaBenedetto Montagna , was an Italian engraver and painter.Montagna was born in Vicenza, the son of painter Bartolomeo Montagna. He engraved primarily mythological and genre works. -References:...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
engraver (d. 1555/15581555 in art-Events:* Villa Giulia is completed, which now houses the National Etruscan Museum's collection of Etruscan art and artifacts-Paintings:* c. 1555-1560 – Illuminated tugra of Sultan Suleyman, from Istambul, Turkey, is made. It is now kept at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.-Births:* April...
) - 1481: Benvenuto Tisi (il Garofalo)Benvenuto Tisi (il Garofalo)Benvenuto Tisi was a Late-Renaissance-Mannerist Italian painter of the School of Ferrara. Garofalo's career began attached to the court of the Duke d'Este...
– Late-RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
-ManneristMannerismMannerism is a period of European art that emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520. It lasted until about 1580 in Italy, when a more Baroque style began to replace it, but Northern Mannerism continued into the early 17th century throughout much of Europe...
ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
of the School of FerraraSchool of Ferrara (painting)The School of Ferrara was a group of painters which flourished in the Duchy of Ferrara during the Renaissance. Ferrara was ruled by the Este family, well known for its patronage of the arts. Patronage was extended with the ascent of Ercole d'Este I in 1470, and the family continued in power till...
(d. 15591559 in art-Works:-Paintings:* Pieter Bruegel the Elder**The Fight Between Carnival and Lent**Netherlandish Proverbs* Luca Cambiaso – Resurrected Christ-Births:* Juan de las Roelas – Spanish painter...
) - 1482: Richard AertszRichard AertszRichard Aartsz, or Rijckaert Aertsz was a Dutch Renaissance painter of historical allegories. Most of his works were painted while he lived in Antwerp. He was a pupil of Jan Mostaert in Haarlem. Frans Floris became his pupil and friend....
– Dutch historical painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
(d. 15771577 in art-Births:* June 28 – Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter * Eugenio Caxés – Spanish painter of the Baroque period * Cristofano Allori – Italian painter * Giacomo Cavedone – Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School...
) - 1482: Giulio CampagnolaGiulio CampagnolaGiulio Campagnola was an Italian engraver and painter, whose few, rare, prints translated the rich Venetian Renaissance style of oil paintings of Giorgione and the early Titian into the medium of engraving; to further his exercises in gradations of tone, he also invented the stipple technique...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
engraver and painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, invented the stipple technique in engraving (d. 15151515 in art-Paintings:* Leonardo da Vinci painted a little-known Bacchus.* Jan Gossaert painted The Adoration of the Kings.* Matthias Grünewald painted the Isenheim Altarpiece in Colmar, France.* Jacopo Pontormo painted Pharaoh with his Butler and Baker....
) - 1482: FranciabigioFranciabigioFranciabigio was an Italian painter of the Florentine Renaissance. His true name may have been Francesco di Cristofano, however he also is referred to as either Marcantonio Franciabigio or Francia Bigio....
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
of the Florentine RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
(d. 15251525 in art-Events:* Albrecht Dürer - Publishes The Painter's Manual* Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen is named Court Painter to Archduchess Margaret of Austria-Painting:* Michelangelo – Head of Bearded Man Shouting* Pontormo - Youth in a Pink Cloak...
) - 1483: RaphaelRaphaelRaffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
of the High RenaissanceHigh RenaissanceThe expression High Renaissance, in art history, is a periodizing convention used to denote the apogee of the visual arts in the Italian Renaissance...
(d. 15201520 in art-Events:* The oldest known painting depicting Stockholm was painted in the church of Storkyrkan.* Considered the start of the Mannerism art period-Works:-Painting:*Albrecht Altdorfer – Departure of Saint Florian* Domenico Campagnola – Gerolamo...
) - 1483: Chén ChúnChen ChunChén Chún was born into a wealthy family of scholar-officials in Suzhou. He learned calligraphy from Wen Zhengming. He later broke with Wen to favor a more free-style method of "ink and wash" paintings. He was associated with the Wu school of literary painting. Mi Fu of the Song Dynasty had a...
– Chinese artist specializing in "ink and wash" paintings (d. 15441544 in art-Births:* Gillis van Coninxloo – Dutch painter of forest landscapes * Palma il Giovane – Italian Mannerist painter * Giovanni Guerra, Italian draughtsman and painter * Frans Francken I – Flemish painter...
) - 1483: Agostino BustiAgostino BustiAgostino Busti was a High Renaissance Italian sculptor.Busti was born in Busto Arsizio in northern Italy. Busti probably began his training with the sculptor and architect Benedetto Briosco. He and his brother's applications in 1512 for sculptural work at the workshop of the Milan Cathedral are...
– High RenaissanceHigh RenaissanceThe expression High Renaissance, in art history, is a periodizing convention used to denote the apogee of the visual arts in the Italian Renaissance...
Italian sculptor (d. 15481548 in art-Births:* Baltásar de Echave* Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, Italian painter * Karel van Mander – Flemish painter, poet and biographer * Cornelis Ketel – Dutch Mannerist painter -Deaths:...
) - 1483: Il PordenoneIl PordenoneIl Pordenone, byname of Giovanni Antonio de' Sacchis , was an Italian painter of the Venetian school, active during the Renaissance. Vasari, his main biographer, identifies him as Giovanni Antonio Licinio.-Biography:...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
of the VenetianVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
school, active during the RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
(d. 15391539 in art-Painting:* Hans Holbein the Younger – Portrait of Anne of Cleves* Hans Baldung – Virgin and Child-Births:* Pietro Facchetti – Italian painter primarily of portraits...
) - 1483: Simon BeningSimon BeningSimon Bening was a 16th century miniature painter of the Ghent-Bruges school, the last major artist of the Netherlandish tradition....
– miniature painterMiniature paintingMiniature painting may refer to:* Miniature * Persian miniature* Ottoman miniature* Portrait miniature* Painting miniature figures used in wargaming or role-playing games...
of the Ghent-Bruges school (d. 15611561 in art-Births:* Toussaint Dubreuil, French painter * Antonio Mohedano – Spanish painter of the Renaissance period * Tobias Verhaecht – Landscape painter and draughtsman in Italy and Antwerp...
) - 1484: Niklaus ManuelNiklaus ManuelNiklaus Manuel , was a Swiss dramaturg, painter, engraver and statesman.-Biography:He was a gifted artist who made highly realistic etchings and became known locally for his satirical plays...
– Swiss dramaturg, painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, graphic artist and politician (d. 15301530 in art-Works:* Antonio da Correggio completes Nativity-Births:* Nicolás Borrás – Spanish painter * Barthel Bruyn the Younger – German portraitist, son of Barthel Bruyn the Elder...
) - 1485: TitianTitianTiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576 better known as Titian was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near...
– leader of the 16th-century VenetianVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
school of the Italian RenaissanceItalian RenaissanceThe Italian Renaissance began the opening phase of the Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement in Europe that spanned the period from the end of the 13th century to about 1600, marking the transition between Medieval and Early Modern Europe...
(d. 15761576 in art-Births:* Scipione Borghese, Italian art collector * Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor * Roelant Savery, Flanders-born Dutch baroque painter of the Golden Age * David Vinckboons, Dutch painter of Flemish origin...
) - 1485: Urs GrafUrs GrafUrs Graf was a Swiss Renaissance painter and printmaker , as well as a mercenary soldier. He only produced two etchings, one of which dates from 1513 – the earliest known etching for which a date has been established...
– Swiss RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and printmaker of woodcuts, etchings and engravings (d. c.15291529 in art-Works:* Albrecht Altdorfer paints Battle of Issus* Hans Baldung paints Allegory of Music and Woman with Mirror and Queue* Jacopo Pontormo paints Madonna with Child, Saint Anne and Four saints...
) - 1485: Sebastiano del PiomboSebastiano del PiomboSebastiano del Piombo , byname of Sebastiano Luciani, was an Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter of the early 16th century famous for his combination of the colors of the Venetian school and the monumental forms of the Roman school.- Biography :Sebastiano del Piombo belongs to the painting school...
(byname of Sebastiano Luciani) – ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
-Mannerist painter, famous for his combination of the colors of the Venetian schoolVenetian school (art)-Context:In the 15th century Venetian painting developed through influences from the Paduan School and Antonello da Messina, who introduced the oil painting technique of Early Netherlandish painting. It is typified by a warm colour scale and a picturesque use of colour...
and the monumental forms of the Roman schoolRoman SchoolIn music history, the Roman School was a group of composers of predominantly church music, in Rome, during the 16th and 17th centuries, therefore spanning the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. The term also refers to the music they produced...
(d. 15471547 in art-Events:* Edward VI of England issues Reformation injunctions which leads to the destruction of many rood screens, and many religious works painted over-Paintings:* Andrea Schiavone – Adoration of the Magi* Titian – Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos...
) - 1485: Francesco VecellioFrancesco VecellioFrancesco Vecellio was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance, best known as the elder brother of the painter Titian. In his youth, he was a soldier. As a painter, he was mainly active in 1520-1530s in Cadore. In 1524, he signed an altarpiece for San Vito in Cadore. In 1540s, he painted a...
– Venetian painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
of the early Renaissance, best known as the elder brother of the painter TitianTitianTiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576 better known as Titian was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near...
(d. 15601560 in art-Births:* November 3 – Annibale Carracci, Italian painter * Ludovico Buti – Italian painter active mostly in Florence * Baldassare d'Anna – Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period * Bartolomeo Carducci – Italian painter...
) - 1485: Jean DuvetJean DuvetJean Duvet was a French Renaissance goldsmith and engraver, now best known for his engravings. He was the first significant French printmaker. He had a highly personal style, often compared to that of William Blake, with very crowded plates, a certain naive quality, and intense religious feeling...
– FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
goldsmith and engraver (d. 15621562 in art-Events:* In Venice, sumptuary laws in 1562 decreed that all gondolas must be painted black to prevent lavish displays of wealth.* Vasari, who had erected the Uffizi Gallery in 1560, founded the Academy of Design in 1562....
) - 1485: Wolf HuberWolf HuberWolf Huber was an Austrian painter, printmaker, and architect, a leading member of the Danube School.-Life:Records show that Huber was born in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, but that by 1515 he was living in Passau. His relationship with other painters of that name living in Feldkirch is unknown,...
– AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, printmaker, and architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
, a leading member of the Danube SchoolDanube schoolThe Danube School or Donau School is the name of a circle of painters of the first third of the 16th century in Bavaria and Austria . Many also were innovative printmakers, usually in etching...
(d. 15531553 in art-Births:* Cherubino Alberti or Borghegiano, Italian engraver and painter * Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont – Spanish soldier, painter, musician and inventor * Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish painter -Deaths:...
) - 1485: Girolamo Romanino, ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
(d. 15661566 in art-Events:* In China, the Jiajing era is ending.* Pieter Bruegel the Elder begins painting The Massacre of the Innocents .* Giuseppe Arcimboldo returns to the Italian city-states.-Paintings:...
) - 1485: Jean Juste – ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
sculptor (d. 15491549 in art-Deaths:* Il Sodoma – Italian Mannerist painter * Jean Juste – Italian sculptor...
) - 1485: Antonio SeminiAntonio SeminiAntonio Semini was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance, active in his native Genoa.He was born and trained in Genoa and died in Milan. He was the pupil of Ludovico Brea, and painted in collaboration with Teramo Piaggio. Andrea painted a Nativity for S. Domenico, Savona, One of his pupils...
– Italian painter active in his native GenoaGenoaGenoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
(d. 15471547 in art-Events:* Edward VI of England issues Reformation injunctions which leads to the destruction of many rood screens, and many religious works painted over-Paintings:* Andrea Schiavone – Adoration of the Magi* Titian – Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos...
) - 1486: CavazzolaCavazzolaPaolo Moranda Cavazzola was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active mainly in his hometown of Verona. He appears to have been a pupil of one of the brothers Morone, likely Francesco Morone. He painted in a style resembling that of Giorgione....
– Italian painter active mainly in his hometown of VeronaVeronaVerona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
(b. 15221522 in art-Works:* Benedikt Dreyer completes a Gothic altar called the "Antonius altar" from Burg Church in Lübeck-Painting:* Antonio da Correggio – Madonna of St. Jerome* Ludovico Mazzolino – Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery-Births:...
) - 1486: Domenico di Pace BeccafumiDomenico di Pace BeccafumiDomenico di Pace Beccafumi was an Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter active predominantly in Siena. He is considered one of the last undiluted representatives of the Sienese school of painting.-Biography:...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
-Mannerist painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
(d. 15511551 in art-Births:* Luigi Benfatto – Italian painter, nephew of Paolo Veronese * Jacopo Chimenti – Italian late-mannerist painter * Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter, in 1571 a student in the Bolognese painters’ guild -Deaths:...
) - 1486: Jacopo SansovinoJacopo SansovinoJacopo d'Antonio Sansovino was an Italian sculptor and architect, known best for his works around the Piazza San Marco in Venice. Andrea Palladio, in the Preface to his Quattro Libri was of the opinion that Sansovino's Biblioteca Marciana was the best building erected since Antiquity...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
sculptor and architect, especially around the Piazza San MarcoPiazza San MarcoPiazza San Marco , is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as "the Piazza". All other urban spaces in the city are called "campi"...
in Venice (d. 15701570 in art-Births:* Giuseppe Agellio – Italian painter of the Baroque period * Giulio Cesare Angeli – Italian painter of the early Baroque * Francesco Curradi – Italian painter of the style described as Contra-Maniera or Counter-Mannerism...
) - 1486: Andrea del SartoAndrea del SartoAndrea del Sarto was an Italian painter from Florence, whose career flourished during the High Renaissance and early Mannerism. Though highly regarded during his lifetime as an artist senza errori , his renown was eclipsed after his death by that of his contemporaries, Leonardo da Vinci,...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
from FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
(d. 15311531 in art-Painting:* Correggio – Leda and the Swan* Giulio Romano – Jonah and the Whale* Giovanni Battista Piazzetta – Portrait of Sophie Juliane von der Schulenburg-Births:* Vincenzo Cartari – Italian painter...
) - 1486: Giacomo FranciaGiacomo FranciaGiacomo Francia was an Italian engraver and artist.Francia was born in Bologna. His father Francesco Raibolini and brother Giulio Francia were also artists. Francia often worked with his brother, primarily on church altarpieces. He died in Bologna in 1567.-References:...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
engraver (d. 15571557 in art-Paintings:* Giovanni Battista Moroni – Portrait of a Man before the Virgin and Child* Lattanzio Gambara – Apollo* Daniele da Volterra – Massacre of the Innocents-Births:* Adam Willaerts – Dutch painter of the Baroque period...
) - 1487: Francesco Xanto AvelliFrancesco Xanto Avellithumb|200px|Francesco Xanto Avelli, "Broad-rimmed bowl with Neptune raping Theophane; arms of Pucci with an 'ombrellino'", 1532Francesco Xanto Avelli was an Italian ceramicist. He is best known for his painted maiolica works....
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
ceramicist (d. 15421542 in art-Painting:* Wen Zhengming – Wintry trees after Li Cheng* Titian – Portrait of Ranuccio Farnese* Domenico Beccafumi – Madonna and Child with Infant John the Baptist-Births:...
) - 1487: Andrea SabbatiniAndrea SabbatiniAndrea Sabbatini was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, born in Salerno, and one of the best disciples of Raphael....
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
of the RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
(d. 15301530 in art-Works:* Antonio da Correggio completes Nativity-Births:* Nicolás Borrás – Spanish painter * Barthel Bruyn the Younger – German portraitist, son of Barthel Bruyn the Elder...
) - 1487-1491: Bernard van OrleyBernard van OrleyBernard van Orley , also called Barend or Barent van Orley, Bernaert van Orley or Barend van Brussel, was a Flemish Northern Renaissance painter and draughtsman, and also a leading designer of tapestries and stained glass...
– Flemish Northern RenaissanceNorthern RenaissanceThe Northern Renaissance is the term used to describe the Renaissance in northern Europe, or more broadly in Europe outside Italy. Before 1450 Italian Renaissance humanism had little influence outside Italy. From the late 15th century the ideas spread around Europe...
painter and draughtsmanDrawingDrawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
(d. 15411541 in art-Births:date unknown* El Greco , painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance * Yi Chong, Korean painter -Deaths:...
) - 1488: Alonso BerrugueteAlonso BerrugueteAlonso González de Berruguete was a Spanish painter, sculptor and architect. He is considered to be the most important sculptor of the Spanish Renaissance, and is known for his emotive sculptures depicting religious ecstasy or torment.Born in the town of Paredes de Nava, Berrugete studied art...
– SpanishSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
painter, sculptorSculptureSculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
and architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
(d. 15611561 in art-Births:* Toussaint Dubreuil, French painter * Antonio Mohedano – Spanish painter of the Renaissance period * Tobias Verhaecht – Landscape painter and draughtsman in Italy and Antwerp...
) - 1488: Xie ShichenXie ShichenXiè Shíchén ; ca. was a Chinese landscape painter during the Ming Dynasty . His specific date of death is not known....
– ChineseChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
landscape painter during the Ming DynastyMing DynastyThe Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
(d. unknown) - 1489: Antonio da CorreggioAntonio da CorreggioAntonio Allegri da Correggio , usually known as Correggio, was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sensuous works of the 16th century...
– painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
of the ParmaParmaParma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
school of the ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
(d. 15341534 in art-Events:* Michelangelo begins work on the fresco The Last Judgment to be painted on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel-Painting:* Corneille de Lyon – Portrait of a Man* Lorenzo Lotto – Annunciation-Births:...
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- 1489: Simon MarmionSimon MarmionSimon Marmion was a French or Burgundian Early Netherlandish painter of panels and illuminated manuscripts...
– Netherlandish painter (b. 1425) - 1488: Andrea del VerrocchioAndrea del VerrocchioAndrea del Verrocchio , born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni, was an Italian sculptor, goldsmith and painter who worked at the court of Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence in the early renaissance. Few paintings are attributed to him with certainty, but a number of important painters were...
, influential Italian sculptor, goldsmith and painter who worked at the court of Lorenzo de' MediciLorenzo de' MediciLorenzo de' Medici was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance. Known as Lorenzo the Magnificent by contemporary Florentines, he was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists and poets...
in FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
(b. 1435) - 1486: Nicolas FromentNicolas FromentNicolas Froment was a French painter.-See also:*Early Renaissance painting...
– FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
painter (b. 1435) - 1485: ShingeiShingeiShingei , also called Geiami or Shingei Geiami , was a Japanese painter and artist in the Muromachi period in the service of the Ashikaga shoguns. Born into a family of renowned artists and curators , he succeeded his father Shinno as the curator of the Ashikaga art collection and became a...
– JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese painter and artist in the Muromachi periodMuromachi periodThe is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate, which was officially established in 1338 by the first Muromachi shogun, Ashikaga Takauji, two years after the brief Kemmu restoration of imperial...
(b. 1431) - 1484: Mino da FiesoleMino da FiesoleMino da Fiesole , also known as Mino di Giovanni, was an Italian sculptor from Poppi, Tuscany. He is noted for his portrait busts.-Career:...
– Italian sculptor from Tuscany (b. 1429) - 1482: Hugo van der GoesHugo van der GoesHugo van der Goes was a Flemish painter. He was, along with Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Hans Memling and Gerard David, one of the most important of the Early Netherlandish painters.-Biography:...
, Flemish painter (b. 1440) - 1482: Giovanni di PaoloGiovanni di PaoloGiovanni di Paolo di Grazia was an Italian painter, working primarily in Siena. He may have apprenticed with Taddeo di Bartolo, becoming a prolific painter and illustrator of manuscripts, including Dante's texts....
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painter and illustrator of manuscripts (b. 1399/1403) - 1482: Luca della RobbiaLuca della RobbiaLuca della Robbia was an Italian sculptor from Florence, noted for his terra-cotta roundels.Luca Della Robbia developed a pottery glaze that made his creations more durable in the outdoors and thus suitable for use on the exterior of buildings. His work is noted for its charm rather than the drama...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
sculptor from FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, noted for his terracotta roundels (b. 1400) - 1481: Jean FouquetJean FouquetJean Fouquet was a preeminent French painter of the 15th century, a master of both panel painting and manuscript illumination, and the apparent inventor of the portrait miniature. He was the first French artist to travel to Italy and experience at first hand the Italian Early...
– FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
painter, a master of both panel painting and manuscript illuminationIlluminated manuscriptAn illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders and miniature illustrations...
, and the apparent inventor of the portrait miniaturePortrait miniatureA portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolour, or enamel.Portrait miniatures began to flourish in 16th century Europe and the art was practiced during the 17th century and 18th century...
(d. 1420) - 1481: Agostino di DuccioAgostino di DuccioAgostino di Duccio was an Italian early Renaissance sculptor.Born in Florence, he worked in Prato with Donatello and Michelozzo, who influenced him greatly. In 1441, he was accused of stealing precious materials from a monastery in Florence and was banished from his native city as a result...
– Italian early RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
sculptor (b. 1418) - 1481: Sano di PietroSano di PietroSano di Pietro was an early Italian Renaissance painter and miniaturist from Siena.No works by Sano are known before 1443; he apprenticed under Sassetta and Giovanni di Paolo...
– an early Italian RenaissanceItalian RenaissanceThe Italian Renaissance began the opening phase of the Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement in Europe that spanned the period from the end of the 13th century to about 1600, marking the transition between Medieval and Early Modern Europe...
painter from SienaSienaSiena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008...
, (d. 1406) - 1480: VecchiettaVecchiettaFrancesco di Giorgio e di Lorenzo , known as Vecchietta or Lorenzo di Pietro, was an Italian Sienese School painter, sculptor, goldsmith and architect of the Renaissance...
– SienneseSienaSiena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008...
painter (b. 1410) - 1480: Simone Pope the ElderSimone Pope the ElderSimone Pope the Elder was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Naples. He was a pupil of the painter Antonio Solario. He painted the St Michael, saints and donors now in Capodimonte Museum. He painted an Annunciation for the church of San Niccolo alla Dogana...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painter of the RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
period (b. 1430) - 1480: Joos van WassenhoveJoos van WassenhoveJustus van Gent , Justus or Jodocus of Ghent, or Giusto da Guanto was an Early Netherlandish painter who later worked in Italy....
– Early Netherlandish painter who later worked in ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
(b. 1410) - 1480: Lin LiangLin LiangLin Liang ; ca. 1424－1500 was a Chinese imperial painter of plum, flower, and fruit works during the Ming Dynasty .Lin was born in Nanhai in the Guangdong province. His style name was 'Yishan'. Lin often painted with a very unconstrained style...
– ChineseChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
painter of plum, flower, and fruit works during the Ming DynastyMing DynastyThe Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
(b. 1416)