Venus Rising from the Sea (Venus Anadyomene), about 1520, Titian. Oil on canvas, 29 13/16 × 22 11/16 in. National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh. Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by HM Government (hybrid arrangement) and allocated to the Scottish National Gallery, with additional funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund (with a contribution from the Wolfson Foundation), and the Scottish Executive, 2003
Confronting Power and Violence in the Renaissance Nude
The Renaissance origins of the male gaze.
Sherry CM Lindquist | December 4, 2018
Virgin and Child, about 1452-55, Jean Fouquet. Oil on oak panel, 36 1/4 x 32 7/8 in. Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen. Image © www.lukasweb.be - Art in Flanders vzw, photo Dominique Provost
PODCAST: Contextualizing the Nude in Renaissance Painting, Sculpture, and Drawing
The curator discusses a groundbreaking exhibition on the nude human figure in Renaissance art.
Danaë, 1530, Correggio (Antonio Allegri). Oil on canvas; 74 3/16 × 86 13/16 × 4 1/2 in. Galleria Borghese, Ministero dei Beni e delle attività culturali e del Turismo
Sex, Power, and Violence in the Renaissance Nude
A new exhibition asks difficult questions about sex, violence, and beauty in Renaissance art.
Jill Burke | October 25, 2018
Madonna and Child Surrounded by Angels, 1454–56, Jean Fouquet. Oil on panel, 36 1/4 x 32 7/8 in. Courtesy of Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen. Image © www.lukasweb.be–Art in Flanders vzw, photo Dominique Provost
Deconstructing Myths about the Nude in Renaissance Art
A new look at the rise of the nude in art.
Thomas Kren | October 9, 2018
The Soundtrack of the Renaissance Court
The music, and manuscripts, of Renaissance court life.
Larisa Grollemond | October 2, 2018
Moving, Rearranging, and Replacing Paintings, from the Curator's Point of View
Paintings move around the museum on a weekly basis—why?
Kevin Torres-Spicer | September 6, 2018
PODCAST: Giorgio Vasari on the Lives of Bellini, Raphael, and Michelangelo
Glimpse the origins of the discipline of art history in this discussion of three short biographies by Giorgio Vasari.
Christ Blessing, about 1500, Giovanni Bellini. Tempera and oil on wood panel, 23 1/4 × 18 1/2 in. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
PODCAST: Talking About Paintings – Giovanni Bellini
Explore paintings by a Renaissance master with two curators.
7 Favorite Flowers from Renaissance Manuscripts and Their Christian Symbolism
Renaissance meanings of popular garden flowers.
Tristan Bravinder | December 20, 2017
A Renaissance Ceramic Dish Is Reproduced in Miniature
The tale of a ceramic Renaissance dish and its tiny twin.
Linnea Seidling | November 8, 2017
New Research into Architecture of Renaissance Hospitals Suggests Influence of Global Exchange
Research into Architecture of Renaissance Hospitals
Tristan Bravinder | April 24, 2017
50 Years after the Flood, a Renaissance Painting Restored
Once thought a casualty of the 1966 Florentine flood, Vasari's The Last Supper is back on view.
Antoine Wilmering | November 4, 2016