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This complex and colorful work comes from Florence in the mid-1400's--the early Italian Renaissance. It represents the Adoration of the Magi--the three kings bringing gifts to the Christ Child twelve days after his birth. Full Review »
The three objects in this tour are examples of "Saint-Porchaire" ware, one of the rarest and most mysterious of all types of Renaissance ceramics. Saint-Porchaire is recognized by its richly patterned layer of colorful paste decoration inlaid in Full Review »
At the dawn of the sixteenth century, the republic of Venice reigned as one of the wealthiest and most powerful city-states in Europe. With the decline of the High Renaissance and mannerist artists in central Italy, by 1540 Venetian painters assumed a pos Full Review »
The Italian Cabinet Galleries contain paintings and precious objects like those that would have been in the small private chambers or studies (studioli) of an Italian Renaissance prince, humanist, or well-to-do merchant. In such rooms, collectors expresse Full Review »
These nine paintings are the only examples of an Italian Renaissance fresco series in America. Fresco (Italian for "fresh") uses earth pigments that are painted quickly on damp plaster. As the plaster dries, the colors are chemically bonded into Full Review »
The pictures on this tour date from about 1626 to 1653. Leading French painters of the period traveled to Rome, where they were influenced by contemporary Italian artists as well as High Renaissance masters and classical antiquity. In this age of the abso Full Review »
In fifteenth-century Florence, many people believed themselves to be living in a new age. The term "Renaissance," already coined by the sixteenth century, describes the "rebirth" from the dark ages of intellectual decline that followed Full Review »
In a brief moment of equilibrium, artists achieved the harmonious balance and elevated conception that is the High Renaissance. In Rome this was shortly replaced by the self-conscious artifice of the style we call mannerism. Venice, on the other hand, pro Full Review »
The National Gallery of Art houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present. Full Review »
Thematic tours utilize the Gallery's collections and establish connections to national and local curriculum standards. Inquiry-based tours examine a range of artists, subjects, styles, and techniques. The school tours target specific grade levels. Full Review »
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