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This is a list of artists active within the Romanesque period of Western Art. As biographical information often is scarce about artists from this age, many are anonymous or known only by later notnames .
The "Morgan Leaf", detached from the Winchester Bible of 1160–75. Scenes from the life of David. Romanesque art is the art of Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic style in the 12th century, or later depending on region. The preceding period is known as the Pre-Romanesque period. The term was invented by 19th-century art ...
Michelangelo was born on 6 March 1475 in Caprese, known today as Caprese Michelangelo, a small town situated in Valtiberina, [10] near Arezzo, Tuscany. [11] For several generations, his family had been small-scale bankers in Florence; but the bank failed, and his father, Ludovico di Leonardo Buonarroti Simoni, briefly took a government post in Caprese, where Michelangelo was born. [3]
Hegvald. Roger of Helmarshausen. Herrad of Landsberg. Hildegard of Bingen. Master Hugo. Hugo d'Oignies. Renier de Huy.
Painting in ancient Rome. Painting in ancient Rome is a still poorly understood topic in the history of painting, as its study is hampered by the scarcity of relics. Much of what we know today about Roman painting is due to a natural tragedy. When the volcano Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 it buried two thriving cities, Pompeii and Herculaneum.
The Cantabrian branch is diverted to pass through Oviedo, route coined one of the first tourist slogans. "Who go to Santiago and not see The Savior, visits the servant and forgets the lord". Spanish Romanesque designates the Romanesque art developed in the Hispanic-Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula in the 11th and 12th centuries.
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci[ b ] (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. [ 3 ] While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in which he made ...
St. Longin's Rotunda in Prague. Rotunda of the Finding of the Holy Cross in Prague. St. George's Basilica, Prague (Bazilika svatého Jiří, Praha) St. Bartholomew's Church in Prague-Kyje. St. George's Rotunda on Říp. Castle and rotunda in Týnec nad Sázavou. St. Peter and Paul (Petr a Pavel) Church in Poříčí nad Sázavou.