THE ROMAN RENAISSANCE PAINTING

The Roman Renaissance was born and developed under the influence of the papal court, gaining for this reason its unique feature.

From this number we will present the masters of color, that you can see in the Roman churches and palaces, including the apostolic palaces.

Waiting for the next reissue you can find Raphael in:

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The first great Roman Renaissance painting, was created by Masolino who frescoed the chapel of St. Catherine of Alexandria in San Clemente (1427-30). Shortly thereafter (1447-48), friar Beato Angelico painted in the Vatican, for Pope Nicholas V, the extraordinary Niccolina chapel and under his wing became great artists: Melozzo da Forlì, Antoniazzo Romano, Benozzo Gozzoli.

It was then the time of Pope Sixtus IV, who, to paint the Sistine Chapel (1480 - 1482), called to Rome the best Renaissance painters, namely the famous Perugino and the "Florentine" Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Signorelli, Rosselli. While starting in 1488 Filippino Lippi frescoed in Santa Maria sopra Minerva his masterpiece: the Carafa chapel. Here you can see the wonders that adorn the two chapels.

If Borgia pope commissioned Pinturicchio to fresco his apartments, no less was Julius II, who commissioned Raphael to paint his rooms (1508 - 1520), and the vault of the Sistine Chapel (1508 - 1512) to Michelangelo, who frescoed, from 1536 to 1541 on behalf of Paul III, the Last Judgement; in the while Agostino Chigi “the Magnificent”, called to Rome Sodoma, Baldassare Peruzzi, and Sebastiano del Piombo.

Finally to remember the short Roman stays of Piero della Francesca, Filippo Lippi, Giorgio Vasari and Palma the Young.

In the next issue we will introduce you Masolino, Beato Angelico, Melozzo da Forlì, Benozzo Gozzoli and Antoniazzo Romano.

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