Renaissance Italy

Artist Tatyana Kulida’s Love of Beauty, Art, and All Things Florence

Realist painter Tatyana Kulida is simply doing what she loves: creating art from real life and teaching traditional classical art at her Anthesis Atelier in Wellington, on New Zealand’s North ...

July 24, 2019BY Lorraine Ferrier
Rare Giambologna Statuette Returns to Germany

The small bronze “Mars” first came to Dresden, Germany, in 1587 as a gift from the Late Renaissance ...

February 9, 2019BY Lorraine Ferrier
Scarpelli Mosaici: One of the Last Florentine Mosaic Workshops

Renzo Scarpelli is one of only a few mosaic artists specializing in “commesso Fiorentino” or Florentine mosaic. He ...

September 28, 2018BY Lorraine Ferrier
Curator’s Notes: ‘Venus Rising From the Waves,’ a 16th-Century Agate Cameo

As curator of decorative arts at the Holburne Museum in Bath, England, Catrin Jones tells us about the ...

July 24, 2018BY Lorraine Ferrier
The 21st-Century Making of a 17th-Century Ceterone

Meet musical instrument maker Alex Potter. Here, he shares how and why he researched and constructed the Renaissance ...

June 21, 2018BY Lorraine Ferrier
Inside Leonardo Da Vinci’s Collaborative Workshop

Leonardo Da Vinci: Renaissance man, philosopher, inventor, delegator?

March 31, 2015BY Christine Lin