BIRTH OF VENUS
Author: Sandro Botticelli
Date: 1486
Place: Padua, Italy
Now presented: Uffizzi Gallery, Florence, Italy
Medium: Tempera and gold on canvas
On his painting Botticelli showed ideals of beauty of a woman.
Date: 1486
Place: Padua, Italy
Now presented: Uffizzi Gallery, Florence, Italy
Medium: Tempera and gold on canvas
On his painting Botticelli showed ideals of beauty of a woman.
MARY MAGDALEN
Author: Donatello
Date: 1455
Place: Padua, Italy
Now presented: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy
Medium: Polychromy and gold on wood
Mary Magdalen looks opposite to the ideals of women of that time which you could see in Venus. This woman appears thin and poor. But with lack of external beauty, Mary Magdalen embodies internal beauty - in her following and supporting Jesus Christ.
Date: 1455
Place: Padua, Italy
Now presented: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy
Medium: Polychromy and gold on wood
Mary Magdalen looks opposite to the ideals of women of that time which you could see in Venus. This woman appears thin and poor. But with lack of external beauty, Mary Magdalen embodies internal beauty - in her following and supporting Jesus Christ.
PORTRAIT OF GIOVANNA TORNABUONI
Author: Domenico Ghirlandaio
Date: 1488
Place: Bologna, ItalyNow presented: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Medium: Tempera on panel
On the painting of Ghirlandaio you see a beautiful noble woman. But even with her social status, the author depicted her in very modest position. She is painted in profile, like if she was not allowed to interact with the viewer. Her face doesn't express any emotions. The woman appears as an object to watch on.
Date: 1488
Place: Bologna, ItalyNow presented: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Medium: Tempera on panel
On the painting of Ghirlandaio you see a beautiful noble woman. But even with her social status, the author depicted her in very modest position. She is painted in profile, like if she was not allowed to interact with the viewer. Her face doesn't express any emotions. The woman appears as an object to watch on.
VIRGIN
Author: St. Catherine of Bologna (Caterina dei Vigri)
Date: 1440
Place: Bologna, Italy
Medium: N/A
Here we can see a work of one female artists. St. Catherine of Bologna was an Italian cloistered nun, artist and saint. She is also known as the Patroness of Artists.
Date: 1440
Place: Bologna, Italy
Medium: N/A
Here we can see a work of one female artists. St. Catherine of Bologna was an Italian cloistered nun, artist and saint. She is also known as the Patroness of Artists.
Cover photo: Venice, Italy