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The Macchiaioli (Italian pronunciation: [makkjaˈjɔːli]) were a group of Italian painters active in Tuscany in the second half of the nineteenth century. They strayed from antiquated conventions taught by the Italian art academies, and did much of their painting outdoors in order to capture natural light, shade, and colour.
The Resurrection is a fresco painting by the Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca, painted in the 1460s in the Palazzo della Residenza in the town of Sansepolcro, Tuscany, Italy. Piero was commissioned to paint the fresco for the Gothic -style Residenza , the communal meeting hall. [ 1 ]
Some consider the Tempest one of the most important paintings produced in Italy, as the components are held together by colour, and there is a dreamy atmosphere of perfect harmony. [69] Giorgione was the first painter to assign a leading role to nature, [70] and whenever his paintings feature a landscape it becomes an integral part of the ...
In his landscape painting La Rotonda di Palmieri (Palmieri's round terrace) (1866), geometrical simplicity and colour have become a structural part of the painting. Late in 1866 he moved to a new and larger studio in Florence, to accommodate his larger historical canvases, as he still received commissions for epic battle scenes from the Italian ...
Paintings in Volterra (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Paintings in Tuscany" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Hillary Daniels/AOL Travel As you ascend the last hill leading to the town square, the first thing you notice is how the 1,000-year old church and castle harmoniously blend into the Tuscan landscape.