by Penny | 9 Jan, 2015 | Advancing Women Artists AWA, Fresco painting, Religious History, Renaissance Art, Saints, Social History, The Last Supper
Giovanni Antonio Sogliani 1492 – 1544 According to VASARI in his famous Lives of the Artists Sogliani was an apprentice to Lorenzo di Credi for more than 20 years – this would seem an incredible length of study by any standards, but it might explain why...
by Penny | 2 Jan, 2015 | Exhibitions, Fresco painting, Painting, Religious History, Renaissance Art, Saints, Social History, The Last Supper
Moroni – His 1569 painting of the Last Supper on show in Royal Academy This painting is very different from the usual scenes of the Last Supper , those that are completed in fresco on the walls of the Cenacolo of a Monastery or Convent so the...
by Penny | 20 Nov, 2014 | Exhibitions, News, Painting, Religious History, Renaissance Art, Saints, The Last Supper
The Apostles According to Rembrandt This seasons ‘must see’ Exhibition at the National Gallery in London is Rembrandt – the Late Works . There are no queues round the block as there were for Leonardo da Vinci a few years ago, but there are...
by Penny | 31 Aug, 2014 | Lead story, News, Religious History, Renaissance Art, Saints, The Last Supper
A full day in Florence with 12 good men and 1 bad one sitting round a table – a Last Supper Tour with two lovely ladies. A very exciting day for me in Florence on Friday as I have always wanted to do a full tour of as many different sites across the city on the...
by Penny | 16 May, 2014 | Festival of San Giovanni, Music, News, Religious History, Renaissance Art, Social History, The Last Supper
Federico Maria Sardelli Is a Florence based Italian conductor, Historicist composer, musicologistand flautist. He is the founder of the baroque orchestra Modo Antiquo and has made more than forty recordings as soloist and conductor, some of them in co-production...
by Penny | 22 Apr, 2014 | poets and poetry, Religious History, Renaissance Art, The Last Supper
I have been in London this week with a friend who wanted to see as much as our National Gallery had to offer – which essentially meant that we spent the day there – naturally we saw many famous and wonderful images but the one which really struck me...
