The Masters of Rome

MICHELANGELO

Michelangelo   Born in Caprese ( Florence ) on march 6, 1475 died in Rome on February 18, 1564. Considered together with Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael the best artist of the Renaissance, was painter, sculptor, architect and engineer. Michelangelo was prodigiously...

RAPHAEL

Raffaello Sanzio (April 6 or March 28, 1483 – April 6, 1520, better known simply as Raphael, was a painter and architect of the High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings and drawings. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period.

BERNINI

Bernini was the a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. During his long career, Bernini received many important commissions,mostly from the Popes. At an early age, he came to the attention of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, and in 1621, at the age of only twenty three, he was knighted by Pope Gregory XV. […]

CARAVAGGIO

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, (29 September 1571–18 July 1610) was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His intensely emotional realism and dramatic use of lighting had a formative influence on the Baroque school of painting, Caravaggio moved to Rome in his early 20s.[…]

RAPHAEL

RAPHAEL

Raphael   Raffaello Sanzio (April 6 or March 28, 1483 – April 6, 1520, was painter and architect celebrated for...

BERNINI

BERNINI

Bernini   Bernini (Naples 7 December 1598 — Rome 28 November 1680) was the a leading figure in the Roman Baroque...

CARAVAGGIO

CARAVAGGIO

Caravaggio   Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, (29 September 1571–18 July 1610) has left in Rome superb...

BORROMINI

BORROMINI

Borromini   Francesco Borromini, by name of Francesco Castelli (25 September 1599 - 3 August 1667) was a Swiss...

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