Raphael – “Study for the Three Graces” (1518) Media: Red chalk over stylus Image source: Wiki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHUVyg85r-A Raphael Sanzio (1483 – 1520) was a productive master painter and architect of the Italian High Renaissance. Raphael was one of the finest draftsmen in the history of Western art, and used drawings extensively to plan his compositions. […]
Image and text source: Internet The Pietà (1498–1499) is a world-famous work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter’s Basilica, 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 Bilhères, who was a […]
The Medieval Art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at times the Middle East and North Africa. It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional art, genres, revivals, the artists crafts, and the artists themselves. Art historians attempt to […]
