1490s in art
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| 1480s 1480s in art The decade of the 1480s in art involved some significant events.-Events:* 1482 – A Milanese Duke commissions Leonardo da Vinci to make an equine statue that would have been the largest in the world... . 1490s in art . 1500s |
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The decade of the 1490s in art involved some significant events.
Events
The RenaissanceRenaissance
The 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...
is in full swing during the 1490s, and Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo 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...
is painting in realistic, chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro in art is "an Italian term which literally means 'light-dark'. In paintings the description refers to clear tonal contrasts which are often used to suggest the volume and modelling of the subjects depicted"....
style. In music, many new musical styles were being created, including the motet
Motet
In classical music, motet is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choral musical compositions.-Etymology:The name comes either from the Latin movere, or a Latinized version of Old French mot, "word" or "verbal utterance." The Medieval Latin for "motet" is motectum, and the Italian...
and madrigal
Madrigal (music)
A madrigal is a secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong, of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Traditionally, polyphonic madrigals are unaccompanied; the number of voices varies from two to eight, and most frequently from three to six....
, replacing an emphasis on chanting (and simple melodies) with polyphony
Polyphony
In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords ....
and homophony
Homophony
In music, homophony is a texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship between them creating chords. This is distinct from polyphony, in which parts move with rhythmic independence, and monophony, in which all parts move in parallel rhythm and pitch. A homophonic...
. Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
's explorations of the New World
New World
The New World is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere, specifically America and sometimes Oceania . The term originated in the late 15th century, when America had been recently discovered by European explorers, expanding the geographical horizon of the people of the European middle...
captivates the artistic imagination of both artists and the public.
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Sculptures
- 1499: MichelangeloMichelangeloMichelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni , commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art...
completes his "PietaPietà (Michelangelo)The Pietà is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. It is the first of a number of works of the same theme by the artist. The statue was commissioned for the French cardinal Jean de Billheres, who was a representative in...
" for the VaticanHoly SeeThe Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...
. The marble was from CarraraCarraraCarrara is a city and comune in the province of Massa-Carrara , notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione River, some west-northwest of Florence....
. - 1494: Tilman RiemenschneiderTilman RiemenschneiderTilman Riemenschneider was a German sculptor and woodcarver active in Würzburg from 1483. He was one of the most prolific and versatile sculptors of the transition period between late Gothic and Renaissance, a master in stone and limewood.- Biography :Tilman Riemenschneider was born between 1459...
sculpts the Seated BishopSeated BishopSeated Bishop is a lindenwood statue carved by Tilman Riemenschneider. Completed in 1495 during the transition period between late Gothic and Renaissance, it currently resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of the Cloisters Collection....
Paintings
- 1490: 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...
paints the portrait Lady with an ErmineLady with an ErmineLady with an Ermine is a painting by Leonardo da Vinci, from around 1489–1490. The subject of the portrait is identified as Cecilia Gallerani, and was probably painted at a time when she was the mistress of Lodovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, and Leonardo was in the service of the Duke.The painting is... - 1492: Andrea MantegnaAndrea MantegnaAndrea Mantegna was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son in law of Jacopo Bellini. Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g., by lowering the horizon in order to create a sense of greater monumentality...
paints Descent Into Limbo a depiction of Christ descending into limbo to liberate the souls of the righteous - c. 1494 – Kamāl ud-Dīn BehzādKamal ud-Din BehzadKamāl ud-Dīn Behzād , also known as Kamal al-din Bihzad or Kamaleddin Behzad , was a painter of Persian miniatures and head of the royal ateliers in Herat and Tabriz during the late Timurid and early Safavid periods.-Biography:...
paints The Caliph Harun al-Rashid Visits the Turkish Bath, from a copy of the 12th century12th centuryAs a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century is the period from 1101 to 1200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era. In the history of European culture, this period is considered part of the High Middle Ages and is sometimes called the Age of the...
Khamsa (Five Poems) of Nizami Ganjavi, HeratHeratHerāt is the capital of Herat province in Afghanistan. It is the third largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of about 397,456 as of 2006. It is situated in the valley of the Hari River, which flows from the mountains of central Afghanistan to the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan...
, AfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
. It is now kept at The British LibraryBritish LibraryThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. - 1495: Giovanni Donato da MontorfanoGiovanni Donato da MontorfanoGiovanni Donato da Montorfano was an Italian painter who was born, lived, and worked in Milan.Giovanni Donato comes from a family of painters. His grandfather Abramo da Montorfano worked in the Milan Cathedral as a painter and was a member of the Milan painter's guild...
paints The Crucifixion - 1495: Sandro BotticelliSandro BotticelliAlessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance...
paints Calumny of ApellesCalumny of Apelles (Botticelli)The Calumny of Apelles is a tempera painting by Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. Based on the description of a painting by Apelles, the work was completed in approximately 1494. It is on display in the Uffizi in Florence.-Theme:... - 1498: 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...
paints The Last SupperThe Last Supper (Leonardo)The Last Supper is a 15th century mural painting in Milan created by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron Duke Ludovico Sforza and his duchess Beatrice d'Este...
(Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan)Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan)Santa Maria delle Grazie is a church and Dominican convent in Milan, northern Italy, included in the UNESCO World Heritage sites list...
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Births
- 1490: Peter Dell the ElderPeter Dell the ElderPeter Dell the Elder, or Peter Dell der Ältere, , was a German sculptor.Dell was born in Würzburg, and is father to another sculptor Peter Dell the Younger. He specialized in religious and portrait sculptures working with limewood and pearwood. Dell also did a number of church monuments out of...
– German sculptor (d. 15521552 in art-Births:* Hans von Aachen – German mannerist painter * Alessandro Casolano – Italian painter primarily working in Siena * Cristoforo Roncalli – Italian painter * Lavinia Fontana – Italian painter...
) - 1490: Agostino Musi – 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. 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...
) - 1490: Giovanni Maria Francesco RondaniGiovanni Maria Francesco RondaniGiovanni Maria Francesco Rondani was an Italian painter of the Parmesan school of painting. He was a near contemporary of Michelangelo Anselmi, and is known to have worked on designs of Antonio da Correggio for the frescoes in the Cappella del Bono of San Giovanni Evangelista of Parma, Italy...
– 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 Parmesan school of painting (d. 15501550 in art-Births:* Cristoforo Augusta – Italian painter, pupil of Giovanni Battista Trotti * Pier Angelo Basili – Italian painter born in Gubbio * Giovanni Paolo Cavagna – Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo...
) - 1490: Gregório LopesGregório LopesGregório Lopes was one of the most important Renaissance painters from Portugal.Gregório Lopes was educated in the workshop of Jorge Afonso, the court painter of King Manuel I. Later he himself became court painter for both Manuel I and for his successor, John III...
– 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 from PortugalPortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
(d. 15501550 in art-Births:* Cristoforo Augusta – Italian painter, pupil of Giovanni Battista Trotti * Pier Angelo Basili – Italian painter born in Gubbio * Giovanni Paolo Cavagna – Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo...
) - 1490: Hans DürerHans DürerHans Dürer , was a German Renaissance painter, illustrator, and engraver.He was the younger brother of Albrecht Dürer, and after him, the most talented of 17 siblings. He was certain to have been trained in the workshop of his already famous brother. He became the court painter for Sigismund I of...
– German RenaissanceGerman RenaissanceThe German Renaissance, part of the Northern Renaissance, was a cultural and artistic movement that spread among German thinkers in the 15th and 16th centuries, which originated from the Italian Renaissance in Italy...
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...
, illustratorIllustrationAn illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
, and engraverEngravingEngraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing... - 1490: Adriaen Isenbrandt – Flemish painter (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...
) - 1490: Battista DossiBattista DossiBattista Dossi , also known as Battista de Luteri, was an Italian painter who belonged to the Ferrara School of Painting. He spent nearly his entire career in service of the Court of Ferrara, where he worked with his older brother Dosso Dossi . It is believed that Battista worked in the Rome...
– 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 who belonged to the Ferrara School of PaintingSchool 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. 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:...
) - 1490: Dosso DossiDosso DossiDosso Dossi , real name Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri, was an Italian Renaissance painter who belonged to the Ferrara School of Painting.-Biography:Dossi was born in San Giovanni del Dosso a village in the province of Mantua...
– 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 who belonged to the Ferrara School of PaintingSchool 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. 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:...
) - 1490: Fra Paolo da PistoiaFra Paolo da PistoiaFra Paolo da Pistoia was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active in Tuscany. He was a pupil of the painter Fra Bernardino Signoracci. He was a Dominican monk who painted in a style similar to Fra Bartolomeo....
– Italian painter and DominicanDominican OrderThe Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
monk (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...
) - 1490: Diego SiloeDiego SiloeDiego Siloe or Diego de Siloé was a Spanish Renaissance architect and sculptor, progenitor of the Granadan school of sculpture. He developed the majority of his work in Andalusia.-Biography:...
– 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...
Renaissance architectRenaissance architectureRenaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture. Stylistically, Renaissance...
and sculptor (d. 15631563 in art-Events:* The Medici court astronomer Fra Ignazio Danti paints 57 maps at the Palazzo Vecchio.-Paintings:* Pieter Brueghel the Elder paints "The Tower of Babel" – The Tower of Babel .* Giuseppe Arcimboldo paints The Four Seasons series....
) - 1490: Marinus van ReymerswaeleMarinus van ReymerswaeleMarinus Claeszoon van Reymerswaele was a Dutch painter. He worked in Zeeland from 1533-1545. Hence he is also named Marinus de Seeu . He studied at the University of Leuven and was trained as a painter in Antwerp .His name is known from a small number of signed panels...
– DutchDutch peopleThe Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
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...
(d. 15461546 in art-Events:The plan for the new St. Peter's Basilica dome which was begun by Bramante, was continued by the new chief architect Michelangelo-Paintings:* Domenico Beccafumi – Pagan Child Couple* Jacopo Bassano – The Adoration of the Shepherds-Births:...
) - 1490: Stanisław Samostrzelnik – PolishPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
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 and Cisterian monkMonkA monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
(d. 15411541 in art-Births:date unknown* El Greco , painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance * Yi Chong, Korean painter -Deaths:...
) - 1490/1491: Altobello MeloneAltobello MeloneAltobello Melone was an Italian painter of the Renaissance.-Biography:He was born in Cremona. His style merges Lombard with Mannerist styles. In Cremona, he encountered the elder Girolamo Romanino. He was commissioned in December of 1516 to fresco the Cathedral of Cremona, work which continued...
– 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. 15431543 in art-Paintings:* Hans Holbein the Younger – Portrait of John Chambers* Lorenzo Lotto – Husband and Wife-Births:* Kanō Eitoku – Japanese painter of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, patriarchs of the Kanō school of Japanese painting...
) - 1490/1495: Lucas HorenboutLucas HorenboutLucas Horenbout, often called Hornebolte in England, was a Flemish artist who moved to England in the mid-1520s and worked there as "King's Painter" and court miniaturist to King Henry VIII from 1525 until his death...
– Flemish artist and court miniaturist (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...
) - 1491: Francesco MelziFrancesco MelziFrancesco Melzi was an Italian painter, favorite assistant and pupil of Leonardo da Vinci.The son of a Milanese noble family, Melzi joined the household of Leonardo da Vinci in 1506. Melzi accompanied Leonardo on trips to Rome in 1513 and to France in 1517. As a painter, Melzi worked closely with...
– 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 pupil of 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...
(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...
) - 1492: Michelangelo AnselmiMichelangelo AnselmiMichelangelo Anselmi was an Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter active mostly in Parma.-Biography:He was born, apparently in Tuscany, perhaps in Lucca, from a Parmesan family. He moved to Siena around 1500, where he is mentioned as painter for the first time in 1511. He was a pupil of Il Sodoma...
– 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...
-MannerismMannerismMannerism 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...
painter active mostly in 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....
(d. 15541554 in art-Births:* Paul Brill – landscape painter of frescoes who worked in Rome * Cesare Corte – Italian painter active mainly in his natal city of Genoa * Costantini de' Servi – Italian painter -Deaths:...
) - 1492/1495: Polidoro da Caravaggio – 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...
early Renaissance painter (d. 15431543 in art-Paintings:* Hans Holbein the Younger – Portrait of John Chambers* Lorenzo Lotto – Husband and Wife-Births:* Kanō Eitoku – Japanese painter of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, patriarchs of the Kanō school of Japanese painting...
) - 1493: Bartolommeo BandinelliBartolommeo BandinelliBartolommeo Bandinelli, actually Bartolommeo Brandini , was a Renaissance Italian sculptor, draughtsman and painter.-Biography:...
, Florentine sculptor (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...
) - 1493: Barthel Bruyn the ElderBarthel Bruyn the ElderBartholomäus Bruyn , usually called Barthel Bruyn or Barthel Bruyn the Elder, was a German Renaissance painter active in Cologne. He painted altarpieces and portraits, and was Cologne's foremost portrait painter in the sixteenth century.He was born in Wesel or Cologne. His early works suggest that...
, German painter (d. 15551555 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...
) - 1493: Marco DenteMarco DenteMarco Dente was an Italian engraver of the Renaissance. He was also called Marco da Ravenna. He was a pupil of Marcantonio Raimondi. His best works are copies after Baccio Bandinelli, Giulio Romano, Raphael and his master.-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 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. unknown) - 1494: Qiu YingQiu YingQiu Ying was a Chinese painter who specialized in the gongbi brush technique.Qiu Ying's courtesy name was Shifu , and his pseudonym was Shizhou . He was born to a peasant family in Taicang and studied painting under Zhou Chen in Suzhou...
– 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 who specialized in the gongbiGongbiGongbi is a technique in Chinese painting. The name is from the Chinese Gong chin meaning tidy . The technique uses highly detailed brushstrokes that delimits details very precisely and without independent or expressive variation. It is often highly coloured and usually depicts figural or...
brush technique (d. 15521552 in art-Births:* Hans von Aachen – German mannerist painter * Alessandro Casolano – Italian painter primarily working in Siena * Cristoforo Roncalli – Italian painter * Lavinia Fontana – Italian painter...
) - 1494: Lucas van LeydenLucas van LeydenLucas van Leyden , also named either Lucas Hugensz or Lucas Jacobsz, was a Dutch engraver and painter, born and mainly active in Leiden...
– DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
engraver and painter (d. 15331533 in art-Works:*Hans Holbein - The Ambassadors*Hans Holbein - Thomas Cromwell -Births:* Giovanni Battista da Ponte – Italian painter active in Venice and his native Bassano...
) - 1494: Rosso FiorentinoRosso FiorentinoGiovanni Battista di Jacopo , known as Rosso Fiorentino , or Il Rosso, was an Italian Mannerist painter, in oil and fresco, belonging to the Florentine school.-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...
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...
painter, in oil and 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...
(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...
) - 1494: Ambrosius HolbeinAmbrosius HolbeinAmbrosius Holbein was a German and Swiss artist in painting, drawing and printmaking.-Biography:He was the elder brother, by about three years, of Hans Holbein the Younger and like his brother was born in Augsburg , a center of art, culture and trade at that time...
– German and Swiss artist in painting, drawing and printmaking (d. 15191519 in art-Paintings:* Girolamo Alibrandi painted the Presentation at the Temple.* Hans Burckmair painted a panel picture of the Crucifixion, with St. George and the Emperor Heinrich on the wings.* Albrecht Dürer painted St Anne with the Virgin and Child....
) - 1494: Innocenzo di Pietro Francucci da ImolaInnocenzo di Pietro Francucci da ImolaInnocenzo di Pietro Francucci da Imola was an Italian painter and draftsman born in Imola and died in Bologna. Innocenzo probably went to Florence and studied for some time under the direction of Mariotto Albertinelli and Gaspare Sacchi...
– Italian 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 draftsmanDrawingDrawing 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. 15501550 in art-Births:* Cristoforo Augusta – Italian painter, pupil of Giovanni Battista Trotti * Pier Angelo Basili – Italian painter born in Gubbio * Giovanni Paolo Cavagna – Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo...
) - 1494: PontormoPontormoJacopo Carucci , usually known as Jacopo da Pontormo, Jacopo Pontormo or simply Pontormo, was an Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine school. His work represents a profound stylistic shift from the calm perspectival regularity that characterized the art of the Florentine...
– 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...
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...
painter and portraitist from the Florentine schoolFlorentine SchoolThe Florentine School refers to artists in, from or influenced by the naturalistic style developed in the 14th century, largely through the efforts of Giotto di Bondone, and in the 15th century the leading school of the world...
(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...
) - 1495: Jan van ScorelJan van ScorelJan van Scorel was an influential Dutch painter credited with the introduction of High Italian Renaissance art to the Netherlands.-Biography:He was born in Schoorl, north of Alkmaar and close to Egmond Abbey...
– DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
painter credited with the introduction of High 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...
art to the Netherlands (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....
) - 1495: Paris BordoneParis BordoneParis Bordon was an Italian painter of the Venetian Renaissance who, despite training with Titian, maintained a strand of mannerist complexity and provincial vigor.-Biography:...
, Venetian painter (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...
) - 1495: Scipione SaccoScipione SaccoScipione Sacco was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active near or in Cesena.Born in the town of Sogliano al Rubicone, he painted a St Gregory for the cathedral of Cesena in 1545. He died in Cesena.-References:...
– Italian painter of the Renaissance active in CesenaCesenaCesena is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, south of Ravenna and west of Rimini, on the Savio River, co-chief of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. It is at the foot of the Apennines, and about 15 km from the Adriatic Sea.-History:Cesena was originally an Umbrian...
(d. 15581558 in art-Events:* Benvenuto Cellini begins writing his influential autobiography on his life and goldsmith's art, sculpture, and design-Works:-Paintings:* Pieter Bruegel the Elder – Landscape with the Fall of Icarus...
) - 1496: Dirck JacobszDirck JacobszDirck Jacobsz. was a Dutch Renaissance painter. His exact birth place is unknown, but it was somewhere near Amsterdam.-Career:...
– DutchDutch peopleThe Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
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 (d. 15671567 in art-Paintings:* Pieter Bruegel the Elder paints The Adoration of the Magi.* Pieter Bruegel the Elder finishes painting The Massacre of the Innocents .* Giorgio Vasari, Self-portrait-Births:...
) - 1496: Lu ZhiLu Zhi (painter)Lù Zhì ; ca. 1496-1576 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. 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...
) - 1497: Hans Holbein the YoungerHans Holbein the YoungerHans Holbein the Younger was a German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. He is best known as one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century. He also produced religious art, satire and Reformation propaganda, and made a significant contribution to the history...
– GermanGermansThe Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
artistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and printmaker who worked in a 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...
style (d. 15431543 in art-Paintings:* Hans Holbein the Younger – Portrait of John Chambers* Lorenzo Lotto – Husband and Wife-Births:* Kanō Eitoku – Japanese painter of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, patriarchs of the Kanō school of Japanese painting...
) - 1498: Giulio Clovio – 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...
illuminator, miniaturist, and painter, born in Croatia, who worked in Renaissance ItalyItalian 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. 15781578 in art-Births:*March 17 – Francesco Albani, Italian painter *August 10 – Matteo Rosselli, Italian painter of historical paintings in the late Florentine and early Baroque *October 12 – Baldassare Aloisi, Italian portrait painter and engraver...
) - 1498: Moretto da Brescia – 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...
painter of BresciaBresciaBrescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...
and VeniceVeniceVenice 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...
(d. 15541554 in art-Births:* Paul Brill – landscape painter of frescoes who worked in Rome * Cesare Corte – Italian painter active mainly in his natal city of Genoa * Costantini de' Servi – Italian painter -Deaths:...
) - 1498: Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van VeenMarten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van VeenMaarten van Heemskerck or Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, known for his depictions of the Seven Wonders of the World.-Biography:...
– DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
portrait and religious painter (d. 15741574 in art-Births:* Nicodemo Ferrucci – Italian painter of the Baroque period * Baccio Ciarpi – Italian painter * Francesco Brizio – Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School...
) - 1499: Jan Steven van Calcar – 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...
painter and a pupil of 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. 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:...
) - 1499: Hans AsperHans AsperHans Asper was a Swiss painter.He lived his entire life in Zurich. Nothing is known of his life until 1526, when he married the daughter of Ludwig Nöggi, a master carpenter who sat in the city council, and his first artwork dates only from 1531...
, Swiss painter (d. 15711571 in art-Births:* September 29 – Caravaggio, Italian painter and one of the first great representatives of the Baroque school * Antiveduto Grammatica – proto-Baroque Italian painter nicknamed Antiveduto...
) - 1499: Michael CoxcieMichael CoxcieMichiel Coxie, Coxie also spelled Coxcie or Coxien, Latinised name Coxius was a Flemish painter who studied under Bernard van Orley, who probably induced him to visit the Italian peninsula....
, painter (d. 15921592 in art-Works:*Giuseppe Cesari – Cappella Olgiati in Santa Prassede*Tintoretto begins work on the Last Supper fresco *Caravaggio paints Boy Peeling Fruit-Births:...
) - 1499: Giulio RomanoGiulio RomanoGiulio Romano was an Italian painter and architect. A pupil of Raphael, his stylistic deviations from high Renaissance classicism help define the 16th-century style known as Mannerism...
– 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 architectArchitectureArchitecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
(d. 15461546 in art-Events:The plan for the new St. Peter's Basilica dome which was begun by Bramante, was continued by the new chief architect Michelangelo-Paintings:* Domenico Beccafumi – Pagan Child Couple* Jacopo Bassano – The Adoration of the Shepherds-Births:...
) - 1499: Jan van CalcarJan Van CalcarJan Steven van Calcar was a Netherlandish-born Italian painter.-Life:Calcar was born in the Duchy of Cleves sometime between 1499 and 1510. Vasari refers to him several times, mainly with respect to his having been a pupil of Titian...
– Netherlandish-born Italian painter, pupil of 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. 15461546 in art-Events:The plan for the new St. Peter's Basilica dome which was begun by Bramante, was continued by the new chief architect Michelangelo-Paintings:* Domenico Beccafumi – Pagan Child Couple* Jacopo Bassano – The Adoration of the Shepherds-Births:...
)
Deaths
- 1491: Martin SchongauerMartin SchongauerMartin Schongauer was a German engraver and painter. He was the most important German printmaker before Albrecht Dürer....
– GermanGermansThe Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
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...
(b. 1448) - 1491: Neri di BicciNeri di BicciNeri di Bicci was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. A prolific painter of mainly religious themes, he was active mainly in Florence and in the medium of tempera. His father was Bicci di Lorenzo. His grandfather, Lorenzo di Bicci was also a painter in Florence, a pupil of Spinello...
, painter 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. 1419) - 1491: Domenico di MichelinoDomenico di MichelinoDomenico di Michelino was an Italian painter of the Florentine school and a follower of the style of Fra Angelico. He was born and died in Florence.Michelino predominantly painted scenes from the Bible...
– 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 schoolFlorentine SchoolThe Florentine School refers to artists in, from or influenced by the naturalistic style developed in the 14th century, largely through the efforts of Giotto di Bondone, and in the 15th century the leading school of the world...
(b. 1417) - 1491: Bertoldo di GiovanniBertoldo di GiovanniBertoldo di Giovanni was an Italian sculptor and medallist.Born in Florence, he was a pupil of Donatello and for a long time worked in his master's workshop, carrying out his unfinished works after his death in 1466, for example the bronze pulpit reliefs from the life of Christ in the Basilica di...
– sculptor (born c. 1435/1440) - October 12, 1492: Piero della FrancescaPiero della FrancescaPiero della Francesca was a painter of the Early Renaissance. As testified by Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Artists, to contemporaries he was also known as a mathematician and geometer. Nowadays Piero della Francesca is chiefly appreciated for his art. His painting was characterized by its...
– painter (b. 1412) - 1492: Domenico GaginiDomenico GaginiDomenico Gagini was an Italian sculptor. He was the son of Pietro Gagini. The Gagini were a family of sculptors and painters working during the Middle Ages and Renaissance...
– 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 (b. 1449) - 1493: Jacopo da SellaioJacopo da SellaioJacopo da Sellaio , sometimes known as Jacopo di Arcangel, was an eclectic Italian painter from the early Renaissance, who painted in the style of the Florentine School. He was a pupil of Fra' Filippo Lippi, with his contemporary Sandro Botticelli, who became a lasting influence on him...
– 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 from the Florentine School (b. 1442) - January 11, 1494: Domenico GhirlandaioDomenico GhirlandaioDomenico Ghirlandaio was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Among his many apprentices was Michelangelo.-Early years:Ghirlandaio's full name is given as Domenico di Tommaso di Currado di Doffo Bigordi...
– painter (b. 1449) - 1494: Melozzo da ForlìMelozzo da ForlìMelozzo da Forlì was an Italian Renaissance painter and architect. His fresco paintings are notable for the use of foreshortening. He was the most important member of the Forlì painting school.- Biography :...
– Italian fresco painter and member of the Forlì painting schoolForlì painting schoolThe Forlivese school of art was a group of Italian Renaissance painters and artists, a lot of them born in Forlì or near Forlì, between the 14th and the 18th centuries...
(b. 1438) - 1494: Ludwig SchongauerLudwig SchongauerLudwig Schongauer was a German painter and engraver.Schongauer was born in Augsburg into an Alsatian family of artists, later settling in Colmar. His father Caspard was a goldsmith, and he had three brothers...
, GermanGermansThe Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
painter (b. 1440) - 1494: Giovanni SantiGiovanni SantiGiovanni Santi was an Italian painter and decorator, father of Raphael. He was born at Colbordolo in the Duchy of Urbino. He was a petty merchant for a time; he then studied under Piero della Francesca. He was influenced by Fiorenzo di Lorenzo, and seems to have been an assistant and friend of...
– ItalianItalian peopleThe Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
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...
, poetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, and father of 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...
(b. 1435) - 1494: Hans MemlingHans MemlingHans Memling was a German-born Early Netherlandish painter.-Life and works:Born in Seligenstadt, near Frankfurt in the Middle Rhein region, it is believed that Memling served his apprenticeship at Mainz or Cologne, and later worked in the Netherlands under Rogier van der Weyden...
– Early Netherlandish painterEarly Netherlandish paintingEarly Netherlandish painting refers to the work of artists active in the Low Countries during the 15th- and early 16th-century Northern renaissance, especially in the flourishing Burgundian cities of Bruges and Ghent...
(b. 1430) - 1495: 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...
– 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...
painter of conservative Late Gothic decorative sensibility (b. 1430) - 1495: Geertgen tot Sint JansGeertgen tot Sint JansGeertgen tot Sint Jans , also known as Geertgen van Haarlem, Gerrit van Haarlem, Gerrit Gerritsz, Gheertgen, Geerrit, Gheerrit, or any other diminutive form of Gerald, was an Early Netherlandish painter from the northern Low Countries in the Holy Roman Empire...
– Early Netherlandish painterEarly Netherlandish paintingEarly Netherlandish painting refers to the work of artists active in the Low Countries during the 15th- and early 16th-century Northern renaissance, especially in the flourishing Burgundian cities of Bruges and Ghent...
from the northern Low CountriesLow CountriesThe Low Countries are the historical lands around the low-lying delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse rivers, including the modern countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and parts of northern France and western Germany....
(b. 1465) - 1495: Cosimo TuraCosimo TuraCosimo Tura , also known as Il Cosmè or Cosmè Tura, was an Italian early-Renaissance painter and considered one of the founders of the School of Ferrara....
– 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...
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...
painter and one of the founders 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...
(b. 1430) - 1495/1496: Pietro VanniniPietro VanniniPietro Vannini was an Italian artist and silversmith.Vannini was highly skilled in metalwork. A Processional Cross he created in 1455 was made by taking sheets of silver that he hammered, chased, and gilded to create a design, then attached to a wooden core. Some of his other works reside at 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...
artist and silversmithSilversmithA silversmith is a craftsperson who makes objects from silver or gold. The terms 'silversmith' and 'goldsmith' are not synonyms as the techniques, training, history, and guilds are or were largely the same but the end product varies greatly as does the scale of objects created.Silversmithing is the...
(b. 1413/1414) - 1495/1496: Antonio MissagliaAntonio MissagliaAntonio Missaglia was an Italian armourer.Missaglia's last name was a nickname taken by the artist based on where he was born . The original family name was Negroni. Both Antonio and his brother Tommaso created armor by trade, primarily to nobles and knights in Milan...
– 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...
armourer (b. 1416/1417) - 1496: Pietro di Francesco degli OrioliPietro di Francesco degli OrioliPietro di Francesco degli Orioli was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance period.Pietro Orioli was a renaissance painter who came from the Italian city of Siena in Tuscany...
– sculptor (b. 1458) - 1496: Piero del Pollaiolo – painter (b. 1443)
- 1497: Heinrich BichlerHeinrich BichlerHeinrich Bichler, also Hans Bichler, Heinrich Büchler or Hans Büchler, was a Swiss painter.Bichler was born in Bern, and later went on to be the instructor for the painter Hans Fries. In 1472 Bichler painted a portrait of Sulpitius the Pious for the Schloss Thorberg...
– Swiss painter (b. 1446) - 1497: Benedetto da MaianoBenedetto da MaianoBenedetto da Maiano was an Italian sculptor of the early Renaissance.Born in the village of Maiano , he started his career as companion of his brother, the architect Giuliano da Maiano. When he reached the age of thirty he started training under the sculptor Antonio Rossellino...
– sculptor (b. 1442) - 1497: Benozzo GozzoliBenozzo GozzoliBenozzo Gozzoli was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. He is best known for a series of murals in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi depicting festive, vibrant processions with wonderful attention to detail and a pronounced International Gothic influence.-Apprenticeship:He was born Benozzo di...
– 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...
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 Florence (b. 1421) - February 4, 1498: Antonio del Pollaiolo – painter (born c. 1429/1433)
- 1498: Domenico RosselliDomenico RosselliDomenico Rosselli was an Italian sculptor.Details of Rosselli's life are limited, but he seems to have trained in Florence. He is best known for his work on many of the friezes, sculpted doorways and decorative fireplaces in the Ducal Palace in Urbino, most particularly the in the...
– sculptor (b. 1439) - 1498: Bartolomé BermejoBartolomé BermejoBartolomé Bermejo was a Spanish painter who adopted Flemish painting techniques and conventions.-Biography:Bermejo, whose real name was Bartolomé de Cárdenas, was born in Córdoba...
– 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 who adopted DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
painting techniques (b. 1440) - 1498: Fra DiamanteFra DiamanteFra Diamante was an Italian Renaissance painter.-Biography:Born at Prato, he was a Carmelite friar, a member of the Florentine community of that order, and was the friend and assistant of Filippo Lippi...
– 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...
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...
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...
(b. 1430) - 1498: Michael PacherMichael PacherMichael Pacher was an Austrian Tyrolean painter and sculptor active during the last quarter of the 15th century. His best-known work is the altarpiece at the church in the village of St. Wolfgang, Austria. This altarpiece contains scenes from the life of Jesus and the Virgin Mary...
– 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 TyrolCounty of TyrolThe County of Tyrol, Princely County from 1504, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, from 1814 a province of the Austrian Empire and from 1867 a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary...
ean 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 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...
(b. 1435) - 1499: Alesso Baldovinetti – painter (b. 1427)