Altarpiece — A painted or sculpted panel that either stands on the altar of a church or hangs above it, its primary function being to serve as visual focus during meditation or prayer. Altarpieces created in Italy during the 14th and 15th centuries often… … Dictionary of Renaissance art
Lucy, Saint — (d. 304) The daughter of noble parents from Syracuse, Sicily, St. Lucy refused to marry one of her suitors who, in retaliation, denounced her as a Christian to Governor Paschasius. She was sentenced to a brothel but, when guards attempted to… … Dictionary of Renaissance art
Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy — Lamentation with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria (1493 1501), a triptych in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts collection. The wing panels show Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria, while the centre… … Wikipedia
painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present. Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in … Universalium
Domenico Veneziano — born с 1410, Venice, Republic of Venice died May 15, 1461, Florence, Republic of Florence Italian painter. He was active mainly in Florence, where he settled с 1439. Two signed works survive: fresco fragments of the Virgin and Child from a street … Universalium
List of Roman Catholic Church artists — This list of Catholic artists concerns artists known largely or primarily for works of Roman Catholic religious art, a subset of Christian art in general. It may also include artists whose position as a Roman Catholic priest or missionary was… … Wikipedia
Sacra conversazione — In English, sacred conversation. An image in a single pictorial field of the Virgin and Child surrounded by saints from different times in history who interact with each other through gestures and glances, or with the viewer. The sacra… … Dictionary of Renaissance art
Domenico Veneziano — St. Lucy Altarpiece, c. 1445 47, tempera on panel, 198 x 207 cm, Uffizi, Florence. Domenico Veneziano (c. 1410 – May 15, 1461) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance, active mostly in Perugia and Tuscany. Little is known of his birth,… … Wikipedia
Veneziano, Domenico — (ca. 1410 1460) Italian painter, prob ably a native of Venice, who settled in Florence in 1439 and un der the influence of the works of Masaccio adopted the new Flo rentine Renaissance style of painting, though his use of color is reminiscent… … Historical Dictionary of Renaissance
LOTTO, Lorenzo — (c. 1480 1556/57) An itinerant artist in sixteenth century northern Italy, Lorenzo Lotto possessed an inventive artistic power that expressed itself in original and expressive paintings. While Lotto was born in Venice, Italy, he spent only brief … Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
