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Tights are not pants, circa 1400something.
Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance
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What Do Rocks Have to Do with Renaissance Art?
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A Call to Arms! Heraldry in Renaissance Florence (And a Mystery You Can Help Solve)
The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saints, between 1350 and 1365, Follower of Bernardo Daddi (possibly Pietro Nelli). Tempera and gold leaf on panel, 37 ½ x 26 in. (95.3 x 66 cm). Portland Art Museum, 61.51
Heraldry is a fascinating and complex system by which coats of arms are devised and decoded. My familial arms—yes, my family has a coat of arms, and yours may have too—are composed of an intricate grouping of objects, including a… More»
Also tagged coats of arms, Giotto, Giotto di Bondone, heraldry, panel paintings
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Conserving Pacino di Bonaguida: My Getty Foundation Fellowship
The Panel Paintings Initiative is training the next generation of conservators of paintings on wood panels, and including professionals from Eastern Europe is a high priority. In this post, Polish conservator Aleksandra Hola describes her experience with the program. For… More»
Posted in Architecture and Design, Behind the Scenes, Exhibitions and Installations, J. Paul Getty Museum
Church Pews and iPads? Designing “Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance”
Installation view of Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance showing the design treatment for a gateway object, Giotto's Peruzzi Altarpiece from about 1309–15. (North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, GL.60.17.7). At left, The Virgin Mary with Saints Thomas Aquinas and Paul, about 1330, Bernardo Daddi. The J. Paul Getty Museum. At right, the Carmina regia manuscript, about 1335–40, Pacino di Bonaguida. The British Library
When we first started planning for the design of Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance in the fall of 2011, we faced a major challenge: how to deliver the wealth of information we wanted to convey about the artworks…. More»
Also tagged exhibition design, gallery design, iPad
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How Do You Sing The Renaissance? Lionheart Does a Roaring Good Job
We’re welcoming Lionheart, one of America’s leading ensembles in vocal chamber music, for a concert this Saturday. Their performance of music from the early Renaissance complements the exhibition Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance: Painting and Illumination, 1300-1350. The… More»
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Actor Peter Weller Discusses Renaissance Florence (and Answers Your Questions!)
Actor Peter Weller in Padua, Italy
Actor and director Peter Weller is known for his many film and television roles, most famously Robocop in Paul Verhoeven’s campy classic. However, Weller’s interests go far beyond the camera—he is a scholar of Italian Renaissance art who is completing… More»
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From the Black Death to Black Friday
Saint Eloy in His Goldsmith’s Workshop, about 1370, Master of the Misericordia. Tempera and gold leaf on panel, 13 3/4 x 15 3/8 in. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, no. 2841
There’s been a lot of talk about shopping over the past few days, from Black Friday to Cyber Monday (now expanded to Cyber Week). In late medieval Florence, shopping—for art—was also all the rage. In the years leading up to the… More»
Also tagged Florence, Giotto di Bondone, Pacino di Bonaguida, shopping
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Everyone’s Talking about Giotto
There’s been almost seven hundred years of chatter about Giotto di Bondone (about 1267–1337), a painter from Florence considered one of the greatest artists of all time. After six years of careful planning and negotiation, we at the Getty Museum are… More»
Also tagged Cimabue, Dante Alighieri, Giotto, Giotto di Bondone, medieval art, panel paintings, Renaissance
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Meet the Artist Who Helped Launch the Renaissance in Florence
In the early 1300s, 150 years before Leonardo and Michelangelo walked its streets, Florence was a hotbed of artistic production and creativity. Three works in the Getty Museum’s collection produced in the city at this dynamic moment—all by the same… More»
