Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani (13 September 1564 โ 27 December 1637) was an aristocratic Italian banker, art collector and intellectual of the late 16th ...
Continue Reading โThis is the first complete translation of the biographies of fifteen artists, including Annibale Carracci, Caravaggio, Rubens, Van Dyck, and Poussin, written by ...
Continue Reading โThe paragoneโthe notion of competition and rivalry among the artsโhas been a topic of debate for centuries. It erupted with great force in ...
Continue Reading โAt the close of the 16th century, Europe’s most talented painters flocked to Rome, the Eternal City, to execute commissions for popes, princes, ...
Continue Reading โ