by Penny | 30 May, 2012 | Renaissance Art, Social History, The Last Supper
30.5.12 The Last Supper by Perugino The Last Supper by Perugino (1493-1496) is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance artist Pietro Vannucci from Umbria, better known as Pietro Perugino. Susan and I were exceptionally lucky today find ourselves...
by Penny | 24 May, 2012 | Renaissance Art, Social History, The Last Supper, The Medici
24.5.12 Grand Duke Cosimo with his family – appearing as the Holy Family – featuring left to right Grand Duke Cosimo 1 and his children ,Ferdinando, perhaps Maria de Medici as Holy Mother Mary, Francesco and Isabella’s plump husband, Paolo Giordano I...
by Penny | 31 Oct, 2011 | Fresco painting, News, Religious History, Renaissance Art, The Last Supper
1.11.11 Two images – was Ghirlandaio playing “spot the difference” or is there a message in his changes? So clever is the use of perspective and a central vanishing point one really feels when entering the Ognissanti refectory as if there is an...
