Italian Renaissance

Top 10 Italian Renaissance Collections in US

Top 10 Italian Renaissance Collections in US

If you can’t travel all the way to Italy right now, there’s plenty of Italian Renaissance art to enjoy right here in the US. Here’s a list of the Top 10 Italian Renaissance Collections in the United States.

Top 10 Must See Art in Italy

Top 10 Must See Art in Italy

There are so many works of art in Italy, what MUST you see when traveling across the peninsula? When you come back home, and your friends say, “Did you see ________?” You want to be able to say YES, right? But how are you supposed to know which pieces are the most significant when the list of “iconic” works in Italy is so long?

Meeting Mona Lisa

Meeting Mona Lisa

A friend recently told me about his experience seeing the Mona Lisa for the first time. "I was expecting to have this quiet, intimate moment with this beautiful painting," he said. "Instead, it was a madhouse! Why didn't anyone…

Rare Michelangelo Exhibit in US 2019/2020

Rare Michelangelo Exhibit in US 2019/2020

Over the next 9 months, 2 museums in the US will offer a rare opportunity to see Michelangelo drawings (from the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands) up close in the United States. Michelangelo: Mind of the Master will be at the Cleveland Museum of Art from now through January 5 and at the Getty in Los Angeles from Feb 25 - June 7.

Top 10 Recommended Books for Fans of Oil and Marble

Top 10 Recommended Books for Fans of Oil and Marble

My Top 10 Recommendations for nonfiction & fiction reads for fans of Oil and Marble.

Verrocchio Exhibit at the National Gallery of Art

Verrocchio Exhibit at the National Gallery of Art

When I walked into the Verrocchio exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C, I thought I HAD to be looking at a copy or a model of the original Verrocchio masterpiece of David standing over the head of Goliath. There was NO POSSIBLE WAY the Bargello (the great sculpture museum in Florence) had shipped Verrocchio’s ORIGINAL statue all the way to America… right?! WRONG.

On Revisiting the Last Supper

On Revisiting the Last Supper

The first time I visited — over 20 years ago — the painting felt distant. I’d studied it for so may hours in a dark art history classroom that I didn’t know how to connect with the thing itself. The second time, I focused on studying every …