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- Benvenuto CelliniBenvenuto CelliniBenvenuto Cellini was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, painter, soldier and musician, who also wrote a famous autobiography. He was one of the most important artists of Mannerism.-Youth:...
begins writing his influential autobiography on his life and goldsmith's art, sculpture, and design
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- Pieter Bruegel the Elder – Landscape with the Fall of IcarusIcarus-Space and astronomy:* Icarus , on the Moon* Icarus , a planetary science journal* 1566 Icarus, an asteroid* IKAROS, a interplanetary unmanned spacecraft...
- Pierre Reymond – Tazza: Scene from the Book of Proverbs
- Domenico CampagnolaDomenico CampagnolaDomenico Campagnola was an Italian painter and printmaker in engraving and woodcut of the Venetian Renaissance, but whose most influential works were his drawings of landscapes.-Life and work:...
– Callisto's Transformation into a Bear after Giving Birth to Arcas - Paolo VeronesePaolo VeronesePaolo Veronese was an Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice, famous for paintings such as The Wedding at Cana and The Feast in the House of Levi...
– Assumption of the Virgin
Births
- Belisario CorenzioBelisario CorenzioBelisario Corenzio was an Italian Mannerist painter, a Greek by birth. He is reputed, with little documentation, to have studied under Tintoretto, in part because his drawings often resemble those of the Venetian painter...
– Italian 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...
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. 16431643 in art-Paintings: *Alonzo Cano – Ideal portrait of a Spanish King-Births:*date unknown**Giovanni Battista Buonocore, Italian painter **Filippo Gherardi – Italian painter of frescoes...
) - Baldassare CroceBaldassare CroceBaldassare Croce was an Italian painter, active during the late-Mannerist period, active mainly in and around Rome.Known as a prolific academic painter in Rome; he was named director of the Academy of St. Luke...
– Italian academic painter and director of the Accademia di San LucaAccademia di San LucaThe Accademia di San Luca, was founded in 1577 as an association of artists in Rome, under the directorship of Federico Zuccari, with the purpose of elevating the work of "artists", which included painters, sculptors and architects, above that of mere craftsmen. Other founders included Girolamo...
(d. 16281628 in art-Events:*February – Gerrit Dou becomes a pupil of Rembrandt; the latter, then 22 years of age, paints a cheerful self-portrait, which will be sold 380 years later, in 2008, for 4 and a half million dollars....
) - Giovanni Durante – Italian painter of church decorations (d. 16011601 in art-Paintings:*Caravaggio**Crucifixion of St. Peter**Supper at Emmaus**The Conversion of Saint Paul**Conversion on the Way to Damascus-Births:*January 19 - Guido Cagnacci, Italian painter of the Bolognese School...
) - Hendrik GoltziusHendrik GoltziusHendrik Goltzius , was a Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter. He was the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, or Northern Mannerism, noted for his sophisticated technique and the "exuberance" of his compositions. According to A...
– Dutch printmaker, 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...
, 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. 16171617 in art-Events:*Kanō Tan'yū becomes an official artist of the Tokugawa shogunate.*Lucas Vorsterman joins the workshop of Peter Paul Rubens, soon becoming Rubens's primary engraver.-Works:*Peter Paul Rubens - Adoration of the Magi*Diego Velázquez - The Lunch...
) - Chen JiruChen JiruChen Jiru ; ca. 1558-1639 was a Chinese landscape painter and calligrapher during the Ming Dynasty .Chen was born in Huating . His style name was 'Zhong Chun' and his pseudonyms were 'Mi Gong' and 'Mei Gong' . Chen's calligraphy followed the style of Su Shi and Mi Fu...
– 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 and calligrapher 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. 16391639 in art-Paintings:* Zhang Yan - Plum Blossoms in Snow* Peter Paul Rubens - The Three Graces.* Claude Lorrain - Seaport at Sunset, sometimes referred to as View of a Seaport....
) - Honami KōetsuHonami Koetsuwas a Japanese craftsman, potter, lacquerer, and calligrapher, whose work is generally considered to have inspired the founding of the Rinpa school of painting.-Early life:...
– Japanese craftsman, founder of the Rinpa school (d. 16371637 in art-Events:* Claude Lorrain produces a series of etchings of a display of fireworks in Rome.-Paintings:* Claude Lorrain – Seaport and Landscape with a Country Dance* Pieter de Grebber – Elisha refusing the gifts of Naaman-Births:...
) - Gregorio PaganiGregorio PaganiGregorio Pagani was an Italian painter of the late Mannerist period, active mainly in Florence. He was the son of the painter Francesco Pagani, then became a pupil of Santi di Tito, then entered the studio of Ludovico Cigoli. He painted the St. Helena finding the Cross for Santa Maria del Carmine,...
– Italian painter active mainly 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....
(d. 16051605 in art-Paintings:* Caravaggio**Christ on the Mount of Olives**Ecce Homo**Saint Jerome in Meditation**Madonna and Child with St. Anne * Nicholas Hilliard- miniature portrait of Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham...
) - Gregorius SickingerGregorius SickingerGregorius Sickinger was a Swiss painter, draughtsman, and engraver.Sickinger was born in Solothurn. He had 5 brothers and sisters, and was re-married after the death of his first wife. Sickinger worked primarily with woodcuts often used in book illustrations. He died penniless in...
– Swiss painter, draughtsman, and engraver (d. 16311631 in art-Paintings:* Willem Claesz Heda - still lifes.* José de Ribera painted landscape, in the Hospital de Tavera in Toledo, Spain.* Nicolas Poussin - Kingdom of Flora.* Rembrandt...
) - Jan de Wael IJan de Wael I-Biography:He was born in a painting family in Antwerp and became a student of Francois Franken van Herentals. He became a master in the Guild of St. Luke in 1584, and then travelled to Paris with the painter Jan de Mayer. He did quite well, and when he came back, he married Gertrude de Jode,...
– Flemish painter of the Baroque period (d. 16331633 in art-Works:*Anthony van Dyck – Self-portrait with a Sunflower*Claude Lorrain – Coast View and Landscape with the Judgment of Paris-Births:*April - Willem Drost, Dutch painter and printmaker -Works:*Anthony van Dyck – Self-portrait with a Sunflower*Claude Lorrain – Coast View and Landscape with the...
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Deaths
- 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...
(b. 1495) - (d. 1555/1558): 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...
(b. 1480) - (d. 1555/1558): 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:...
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engraver (b. 1481)