100 Most Influential Painters and Sculptors of the Renaissance 100 Most Influential Painters and Sculptors of the Renaissance

The Renaissance was a fantastic period of rebirth in terms of art and culture. This book recounts the struggles and victories of the most celebrated artists who lived and worked at this time. The masterpieces of Leonardo da Vinci, Pieter Bruegel, Sandro Botticelli, and others are highlighted. COVER TITLE COPYRIGHT CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CLAUS SLUTER JACOPO DELLA QUERCIA ROBERT CAMPIN LORENZO GHIBERTI DONATELLO EARLY CAREER PADUAN PERIOD LATE FLORENTINE PERIOD JAN VAN EYCK IL PISANELLO FRANCESCO SQUARCIONE PAOLO UCCELLO APPRENTICESHIP AND EARLY WORK LATER YEARS ASSESSMENT ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN LUCA DELLA ROBBIA FRA ANGELICO SAN DOMENICO PERIOD YEARS AT THE PRIORY OF SAN MARCO ROMAN PERIOD ASSESSMENT JACOPO BELLINI MASACCIO EARLY LIFE AND WORKS THE BRANCACCI CHAPEL THE TRINITY INFLUENCE FRA FILIPPO LIPPI AND FILIPPINO LIPPI FRA FILIPPO LIPPI’S LIFE AND WORKS ASSESSMENT FILIPPINO LIPPI’S LIFE AND WORKS DOMENICO VENEZIANO DIRCK BOUTS ANTONIO VIVARINI PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA FORMATIVE PERIOD MATURE PERIOD LAST YEARS ANDREA DEL CASTAGNO JEAN FOUQUET ALESSIO BALDOVINETTI GENTILE BELLINI ANTONELLO DA MESSINA GIOVANNI BELLINI CARLO CRIVELLI DESIDERIO DA SETTIGNANO NUNO GONÇALVES HANS MEMLING COSMÈ TURA ANDREA MANTEGNA FORMATIVE YEARS IN PADUA YEARS AS COURT PAINTER IN MANTUA ASSESSMENT POLLAIUOLO BROTHERS MICHAEL PACHER ANDREA DEL VERROCCHIO EARLY LIFE MEDICI PATRONAGE THE PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES MELOZZO DA FORLÌ BARTOLOMÉ BERMEJO HUGO VAN DER GOES SANDRO BOTTICELLI EARLY LIFE AND CAREER DEVOTIONAL PAINTINGS SECULAR PATRONAGE AND WORKS MYTHOLOGICAL PAINTINGS LATE WORKS MARTIN SCHONGAUER LUCA SIGNORELLI DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO HIËRONYMUS BOSCH PERUGINO EARLY WORK MATURE WORK LATE WORK ERCOLE DE’ ROBERTI LEONARDO DA VINCI EARLY PERIOD: FLORENCE FIRST MILANESE PERIOD (1482–99) SECOND FLORENTINE PERIOD (1500–08) SECOND MILANESE PERIOD (1508–13) LAST YEARS (1513–19) ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENT THE LAST SUPPER MONA LISA VITTORE CARPACCIO GERARD DAVID PIERO DI COSIMO QUENTIN MASSYS ANDREA SANSOVINO ALBRECHT DÜRER EDUCATION AND EARLY CAREER FIRST JOURNEY TO ITALY SECOND JOURNEY TO ITALY DEVELOPMENT AFTER THE SECOND ITALIAN TRIP SERVICE TO MAXIMILIAN I FINAL JOURNEY TO THE NETHERLANDS FINAL WORKS FRA BARTOLOMMEO LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER LIFE AND CAREER PAINTINGS MICHELANGELO EARLY LIFE AND WORKS THE MIDDLE YEARS THE SISTINE CHAPEL OTHER PROJECTS THE MEDICI CHAPEL THE LAURENTIAN LIBRARY AND FORTIFICATIONS OTHER PROJECTS AND WRITING THE LAST DECADES ASSESSMENT AND INFLUENCE GIORGIONE LIFE WORKS INFLUENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE IL SODOMA JAN GOSSART ALBRECHT ALTDORFER MATTHIAS GRÜNEWALD LORENZO LOTTO GIOVANNI GIROLAMO SAVOLDO FRANCIABIGIO RAPHAEL EARLY YEARS AT URBINO APPRENTICESHIP AT PERUGIA MOVE TO FLORENCE LAST YEARS IN ROME HANS BALDUNG JEAN CLOUET SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO ANDREA DEL SARTO DOSSO DOSSI ALONSO BERRUGUETE TITIAN EARLY LIFE AND WORKS MATURE LIFE AND WORKS LATE LIFE AND WORKS LAST YEARS IN VENICE LUCAS VAN LEYDEN JEAN COUSIN THE ELDER AND JEAN COUSIN THE YOUNGER RENAISSANCE ARTIST COUSIN THE ELDER YOUNGER JOINS ELDER IN PARIS GIULIO ROMANO JACOPO DA PONTORMO CORREGGIO EARLY LIFE AND CAREER MATURE WORKS ROSSO FIORENTINO JAN VAN SCOREL HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER PARIS BORDONE BENVENUTO CELLINI EARLY CAREER LATER YEARS PARMIGIANINO IL BRONZINO FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO NICCOLÒ DELL’ABATE DANIELE DA VOLTERRA GIORGIO VASARI FRANÇOIS CLOUET JACOPO BASSANO TINTORETTO BACKGROUND AND EARLY YEARS CAREER FAMILY AND FAME LATER YEARS ASSESSMENT PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER LIFE ARTISTIC EVOLUTION AND AFFINITIES GIUSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO PELLEGRINO TIBALDI PAOLO VERONESE THE EARLY YEARS THE LATER YEARS GIAMBOLOGNA SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA GERMAIN PILON FEDERICO ZUCCARO EL GRECO EARLY LIFE AND WORKS MIDDLE YEARS LATER LIFE AND WORKS NICHOLAS HILLIARD LAVINIA FONTANA GLOSSARY FOR FURTHER READING INDEX Back Cover It has been said that when it comes to success, it isn't what you know, but who you know. The 100 Most Influential Painters & Sculptors of All Time is one title in this 8 book series, in which readers get the best of both worlds. Concise but information-packed biographies detail the lives and life's work of hundreds of leading individuals from an assortment of disciplines. Readers will get to know the foremost minds within science, art, writing, music, invention, politics and philosophy. Each valuable compendium offers a comprehensive index, complementary visuals, and behind-the-scenes details that reveal the very human nature behind world-changing personalities. It has been said that when it comes to success, it isn't what you know, but who you know. The 100 Most Influential Painters and Sculptors of All Time is one title in this 8 book series, in which readers get the best of both worlds. Concise but information-packed biographies detail the lives and life's work of hundreds of leading individuals from an assortment of disciplines. Readers will get to know the foremost minds within science, art, writing, music, invention, politics and philosophy. Each valuable compendium offers a comprehensive index, complementary visuals, and behind-the-scenes details that reveal the very human nature behind world-changing personalities