Giovanni Santi x (c. 1435 – August 1, 1494), was an Italian painter and poet, father of Raphael. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman The' Italian people' are a Southern European Ethnic group located primarily in Italy, Switzerland, France and by virtue of a wide-ranging Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone (in Italian Raffaello) (April 6 or March 28 1483 – April 6 1520 was an Italian painter and He was born at Colbordolo in the Duchy of Urbino, was a petty merchant for a time, then studied under Piero della Francesca, was influenced by Fiorenzo di Lorenzo, and seems to have been an assistant and friend of Melozzo da Forli. Colbordolo is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about 70 km northwest Urbino is a walled city in the Marche region in Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical Piero della Francesca (c 1412 &ndash October 12, 1492) was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance. Fiorenzo di Lorenzo (c 1440 - 1522 Italian painter, of the Umbrian school lived and worked at Perugia, where most of his authentic works Melozzo da Forlì (c 1438 - November 8, 1494) was an Italian Renaissance painter near the Umbrian school, the first who practised He was court painter to the Duke of Urbino and painted several altarpieces, two now in the Berlin Museum, a Madonna in the church of San Francesco in Urbino, one at Santa Croce on Fano, one in the National Gallery at London, and another in the gallery at Urbino; an Annunciation at the Brera in Milan; and a Jerome in the Lateran. Federico da Montefeltro, also known as Federico III da Montefeltro ( Castello di Petroia, June 7, 1422 &ndash Ferrara, September An altarpiece is a picture or Relief representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the Altar of a church The Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery on Museum Island in Berlin is a gallery showing many important 19th century works from the collection of the Prussian Images of the Madonna and Madonna and Child are one of the central Icons of Christianity, representing the Madonna or Mary mother of Jesus For the basilica in Florence, see Basilica of Santa Croce Florence, for the basilica in Rome see Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. This article is about the Italian town For the Danish island see Fanø. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. In Christianity the Annunciation ( grc Ευαγγελισμός της Θεοτόκου, Evangelismós tēs Theotókou in Greek) is the revelation This article concerns the Milanese art gallery For the automobile see Alfa Romeo Brera. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Jerome (c 347 – September 30, 420) ( Latin: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος The Lateran Palace, sometimes more formally known as the Apostolic Palace of the Lateran (Italian Palazzo Laterano) is an ancient Palace of the Roman His work is pleasing, though mediocre.
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His poetry includes an epic in honor of one of his patrons, Federico III da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, followed a discourse on painting. Federico da Montefeltro, also known as Federico III da Montefeltro ( Castello di Petroia, June 7, 1422 &ndash Ferrara, September The event conmemorates a visit to Mantua, where the Duke marveled at the skill of Andrea Mantegna, he then goes on to comment that: nela cui arte splendida e gentile/nel secul nostro tanti chiar son stati/ che ciescuno altro far paren por vile (Translation) In this splendid and gentle age/ so many have been famous in our century/ that it make others seem destitute
Sancti then goes on to list famous names in painting, as known to him, this constitutes a remarkable concise list of 27 prominent painters of the late 15th century Italy and Belgium, as one painter would have known. Andrea Mantegna (c 1431 &ndash September 13, 1506) was an Italian Renaissance artist a student of Roman Archeology, and son in law of Sancti's list reproduced in no order: