GHIRLANDAIO, DOMENICO

both: dōmĕˈnēkō gērländäˈyō, 1449–94, Florentine painter, whose family name was Bigordi. He may have studied painting and mosaics under Alesso Baldovinetti. Ghirlandaio was an excellent technician. Keenly observant of the contemporary scene, he depicted many prominent Florentine personalities within his religious narrative paintings. Among his earliest frescoes are the Madonna with the Vespucci Family and the Last Supper (Church of the Ognissanti, Florence). He painted scenes from the life of Santa Fina (collegiate church in San Gimigniano) and frescoes in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. In 1481, Pope Sixtus IV called him to Rome, along with Botticelli, to decorate the Sistine Chapel. He painted the Calling of the First Apostles, a scene close in spirit to Masaccio. He returned to Florence to work on the frescoes in the Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. He introduced Sassetti, Corsi, Poliziano, the Medici, and many other contemporaries as participants in the life of St. Francis. Ghirlandaio's most famous achievement is his fresco cycle of the life of Mary and St. John the Baptist for the choir of Santa Maria Novella. Michelangelo served an apprenticeship with him at this time and probably worked on these frescoes. Other examples of his art are the Adoration of the Magi (Uffizi); another Adoration (Hospital of the Innocents); a mosaic of the Annunciation for the Cathedral; a portrait of Francesco Sassetti and his son (Metropolitan Mus.); a portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni (Morgan Lib., New York City); and the highly realistic portrayal of Grandfather and Grandson (Louvre).

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books on: Ghirlandaio Domenico  - 131 results

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The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture
Book by Roy Domenico; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Italy--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
...216 , 217 , 312 , 314 , 319 , 331 32 , 338 , 341 , 344 , 354 , 370 Ghiberti, Lorenzo, 317 Ghigo, Enzo, 234 Ghirlandaio, Domenico, 317 , 318 , 359 Giacomo, Salvatore Di, 66 Giambologna Jean Boulogne , 82 , 323 Gian Gabriele of Saluzzo...
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Artists, Writers, and Musicians: An Encyclopedia of People Who Changed the World
Book by Michel-André Bossy, Thomas Brothers, John C. Mcenroe, Kim Domenico, Steven Goldberg, James Manheim, Deborah Pokinski, Sasha Watson; Oryx Press, 2001
Subjects: Artists--Biography, Arts
...Lari, Abd al-, 94 Ghana, 7 , 155 ghazals, 94 Ghent Altarpiece Van Eyck polyptych , 186 Ghibellines, 50 Ghirlandaio, Domenico, 121 Ghosts Ibsen , 92 Giacometti, Alberto, 130 , 162 Gide, Andre, 70 , 158 , 175 Gift Outright, The Frost...
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Encyclopedia of Painting: Painters and Painting of the World from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day
Book by Bernard S. Myers; Crown Publishers, 1979
Subjects: Painters--Biography, Painting--Dictionaries
...brother and collaborator of Domenico Ghirlandaio see . He and a third brother...even closer collaborator of Domenico Ghirlandaio see than his brother Benedetto...the Cluny Museum, Paris. Ghirlandaio, Domenico 1449-94 . One of the most...
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Italian Drawings: Masterpieces of Five Centuries: Exhibition
Book by Gabinetto Disegni; Smithsonian Institution Press, 1960
Subjects: Drawing, Italian--Exhibitions
...in this drawing , which he will find difficult to recapture throughout the rest of his life. DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO Domenico Bigordi, called Ghirlandaio, was born in Florence in 1449 and died there in 1494. He developed in the workshop of Baldovinetti...
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Italian Drawings from the 15th to the 19th Century
Book by Winslow Ames; Shorewood Publishers, 1963
Subjects: Drawing, Italian
...Florentine painter and mosaicist. He collaborated with his brother Domenico Ghirlandaio on a number of works. GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Domenico di Tommaso Bigordi, called Ghirlandaio 1449-1494 , was the foremost fresco painter in 15th-century...
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journal articles on: Ghirlandaio Domenico  - 22 results

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Domenico Ghirlandaio: Artist and Artisan
Journal article by Patricia Meilman; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 56, 2003
Subjects: Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Domenico Ghirlandaio: Artist and Artisan (Book)
Domenico Ghirlandaio: Artist and Artisan. by Patricia Meilman Jean K. Cadogan. Domenico Ghirlandaio: Artist and Artisan. New Haven...Quattrocento Florentine painter Domenico Ghirlandaio provides a careful consideration...
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Domenico Ghirlandaio: Artist and Artisan
Journal article by Artur Rosenauer; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 85, 2003
Subjects: Cadogan, Jean K, Craftsmen, Ghirlandaio, Domenico, Murals, Nonfiction, Visual artists
Domenico Ghirlandaio: Artist and Artisan by Artur Rosenauer JEAN K. CADOGAN Domenico Ghirlandaio: Artist and Artisan New Haven...Florence. Even if their creator, Domenico Ghirlandaio, was never reckoned one of the...
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Facing the Closed Doors to Reception? Speculations on Foreign Exchange, Liturgical Diversity, and the "failure" of the Portinari Altarpiece
Journal article by Roger J. Crum; Art Journal, Vol. 57, 1998
Subjects: Aesthetics, Art criticism, Art history, Ghirlandaio, Domenico, Religion, Visual artists, van der Goes, Hugo
...noted above, it is often observed that Ghirlandaio was influenced by Hugos work when he...shepherds in his Sassetti Altarpiece; Ghirlandaio was, in the language of reception theory...Portinari Altarpiece. But inasmuch as Ghirlandaio borrowed a motif and reworked it elsewhere...
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Laurentian Patronage in the Palazzo Vecchio: the Frescoes of the Sala Dei Gigli
Journal article by Melinda Hegarty; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 78, 1996
Subjects: Art criticism, Art history, Castles & palaces, De Medici, Lorenzo (Lorenzo the Magnificent) (1449-92), Florence Italy, Patronage
...the Signori and Collegi. Domenico Ghirlandaio is named as the artist of...62 the Operai commissioned Domenico Ghirlandaio and "Sandro Mariani...left Rome is not known,st Domenico Ghirlandaio returned to Florence in April...
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Intellect and Intuition in Botticelli's Saint Augustine
Journal article by Richard Stapleford; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 76, 1994
Subjects: Art criticism, Filipepi, Alessandro di Mariano (Sandro Botticelli) (1445-1510), Visual artists
...conscious variation of the Ghirlandaio/Van Eyck model. The intimate...contemporaries but especially Domenico Ghirlandaio, who had painted a St. Jerome...G. Vasari, "Vita di Domenico Ghirlandaio," Le vile, ... Florence...
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Painting by Numbers: Was the Sistine Chapel the Work of a Lone Genius, or the Collaborative Effort of Bickering Apprentices? Ross King Examines the Cracks in an Enduring Renaissance Myth
Magazine article by Ross King; New Statesman, Vol. 131, November 25, 2002
Subjects: Michelangelo Buonarroti--Research, Michelangelo Buonarroti--Works, Painting, Renaissance--Technique, Sistine Chapel--Design and construction, Sistine Chapel--History
...of Florences greatest masters of fresco, Domenico Ghirlandaio, at a time when Ghirlandaio was executing his magnum opus, the Scenes...century, covered 5,900 square feet; it took Ghirlandaio and his small army of assistants and apprentices...
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Drawings by Michelangelo at the Courtauld Gallery
Magazine article by Donald Bruce; Contemporary Review, Vol. 292, Summer 2010
Subjects: Michelangelo Buonarroti--Criticism and interpretation, Michelangelo Buonarroti--Works, Painters (Artists)--Criticism and interpretation, Painters (Artists)--Works, Painters--Criticism and interpretation, Painters--Works
...apprenticed to the Florentine painter Domenico Ghirlandaio, Michelangelo Buonarroti...the Magnificent. His master Ghirlandaio, who had painted a fresco...Buonarroti and the apprentice of Ghirlandaio at a handsome interest. Laying...
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Enlivening the Old with the New: 21st-century Thinking Applied to 16th-century Art Worlds
Magazine article by Lori Kent; Art Education, Vol. 60, January 2007
Subjects: Art education, Art history, Critical thinking, Culture, Drawing, Ideology, Learning, Renaissance period, Skills, Students
...that would teach them a livelihood (Pevsner, 1940). A young Michelangelo was sent to work in the studio of Domenico Ghirlandaio. His fathers instructions were to learn painting and to "obey orders" (Vasari, 1965 1568, p. 327). Apprenticeships...
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Underground Rome: A Good Way to Study Ancient Rome Is to Explore the Cellars - and Subcellars - of Modern Rome
Magazine article by Tom Mueller; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 279, April 1997
Subjects: Rome (Ancient state), Rome, Italy--Description and travel
...prosciutto, and wine, and scratch their names unselfconsciously into the plaster (many famous autographs, including Domenico Ghirlandaio, Martin van Heemskerck, and Filippino Lippi, are still visible). They emerged from these underground rooms...
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The Easter Story in Paintings
Magazine article by Audrey Albright; World and I, Vol. 22, April 2007
Subjects: Art appreciation, Painting (Art)--Criticism and interpretation, Painting (Art)--Religious aspects, Painting--Criticism and interpretation, Painting--Religious aspects, Religious symbolism--Analysis
...the goldfinch survives eating the thorny thistle, there is hope that Christ will overcome the obstacle as well. Domenico Ghirlandaio paints Baby Jesus sitting atop a luxurious pillow in Ghirlandaios Madonna and Child. At that time when wealthy...
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Michelangelo's Earliest Painting Should Have Been Saved for the Nation
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 4, 2009
...Florentine painters of the day, Domenico Ghirlandaio, perceived in him promise...to apprentice his son too to Ghirlandaio for three years. In that workshop...practice in the workshop of Ghirlandaio. It is not a forgery. It...
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Of Beauty and Virtue
Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, September 29, 2001
Subjects: Leonardo da Vinci
...Botticelli, Filippo Lippi, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Agnolo Bronzino are among...circa 1533). The elder Ghirlandaio chose the profile view for...Some 40 years later Ridolpho Ghirlandaio painted a more individualistic...
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Michelangelo: One Artist, Three Worlds
Newspaper article by Colin Walters; The Washington Times, February 7, 1999
Subjects: Michelangelo Buonarroti
...spotted Michelangelo and got him into the shop of Domenico Ghirlandaio. The youth soon became bored by the fresco painting, prominently altarpieces, for which Ghirlandaio and his two brothers were known (there is a fine...
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Mrs. Bush Visits Gallery to Boost Family Outings
Newspaper article by Cheryl Wetzstein; The Washington Times, October 24, 2001
Subjects: Bush, Laura
...Virtue and Beauty" exhibit, which extends through Jan. 6, includes works by Filippo Lippi, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, and Agnolo Bronzino, as well as the portrait of Ginevra de Benci, which is the only portrait by Leonardo da...
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`Virtue and Beauty' Shine Through
Newspaper article by Kevin Chaffee; The Washington Times, October 5, 2001
...passed the exquisite images of "ideal" Renaissance women inside the 47-piece exhibit, which includes works by Domenico Ghirlandaio, Agnolo Bronzino, Filippo Lippi and, of course, the Gallerys own priceless da Vinci portrait of Ginevra de...
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encyclopedia articles on: Ghirlandaio Domenico  - 3 results

 
 
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Ghirlandaio, Domenico
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GHIRLANDAIO, DOMENICO both: dome neko gerlanda yo, 1449 94, Florentine painter, whose...may have studied painting and mosaics under Alesso Baldovinetti. Ghirlandaio was an excellent technician. Keenly observant of the contemporary...
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Bigordi, Domenico
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BIGORDI, DOMENICO see Ghirlandaio, Domenico . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Italian Art
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...refinements to the understanding of the laws of perspective. Domenico Veneziano and Piero della Francesca were attracted to Florence...among the notable painters of Umbria. Benozzo Gozzoli and Ghirlandaio decorated Florence with exquisite narrative frescoes. The...


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