URBINO

oorbēˈnō, town (1991 pop. 15,114), in the Marche, central Italy. It is an agricultural and tourist center, located on the site of a former Roman community. The town flourished under the Montefeltro family (12th–16th cent.) and then under the Della Rovere family (1508–1631), before coming under the papacy. The court of Federigo da Montefeltro, 2d duke of Urbino (1444–82), was a great artistic center during the Renaissance. Urbino was particularly noted for its school of painting (15th–17th cent.) and for the manufacture of majolica ware. The splendid Palazzo Ducale (1444–82) today houses a major museum, with paintings by Raphael (born in the town), Titian, Piero della Francesca, and others. Also of interest are St. John's Oratory and Raphael's house (now a museum).

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Raffaello Santi Da Urbino: His Life and Works
Book by Vilhelm Wanscher; Ernest Benn, 1926
Subjects: Raphael--1483-1520
...lo quali si chiama Maestro Raphaello da Urbino, et con esso fu facto el pacto...Magister Rafaiel Iohannis sanctis de Urbino et Robertus Iohannis marci de perusio...miniature-like picture for the Duchess of Urbino as a present for a Camaldoli monk. Letter...
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Development and the Arts: Critical Perspectives
Book by Margery B. Franklin, Bernard Kaplan; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1994
Subjects: Aesthetics, Artists--Psychology
...Michelangelos explanation of his destructive act implicates Urbino. Urbino had been Michelangelos devoted servant and artistic assistant for the previous 26 years, beginning when Urbino was 14 years old. To the question of whether there...
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Central Italy and Rome, Handbook for Travellers
Book by Karl Baedeker; K. Baedeker, 1909
...A famous description of the court of Urbino under Guidobaldo, depicting it as the...whose death, however, he returned to Urbino in 1503. He died in 1508 and bequeathed...distinguished Artists employed at the court of Urbino, during the zenith of its splendour under...
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The Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1500: A Biographical Dictionary
Book by Clayton J. Drees; Greenwood Press, 2001
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval--Dictionaries, Europe--History--1492-1517--Biography--Dictionaries, Europe--History--476-1492--Biography--Dictionaries, Europe--Social Conditions--To 1492--Dictionaries
...Ubaldo da Montefeltro, was the duke of Urbino from 1482 until his death in 1508. Guidobaldo...were with Cesare Borgia, who captured Urbino on two occasions. A man of great learning...Gonzaga, continued to shape the court at Urbino into a gathering place for leading scholars...
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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
The Umbri first settled Urbino and were followed by Etruscans before...After being under papal control, Urbino was ceded in the twelfth century to...and his son, Guidubaldo 1482 1508 , Urbino gained the reputation of one of the...
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The Contours of Tolerance: Jews and the Corpus Domini Altarpiece in Urbino
Journal article by Dana E. Katz; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 85, 2003
Subjects: Christianity, History, Jews, Laity, Montefeltro, Federigo (1422-82), Painting, Politics, Urbino Italy, Violence
...Jews and the Corpus Domini Altarpiece in Urbino by Dana E. Katz In the third quarter...altarpiece for the high altar of its church in Urbino. Joos van Ghent finished the main panel...stereotypical invective against the local Jews of Urbino. Uccellos predella is particularly unusual...
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Castiglione E Il Mito Di Urbino: Studi Sull'elaborazione del 'Cortegiano'
Journal article by J.R. Woodhouse; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 101, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Castiglione e il mito di Urbino: studi sull'elaborazione del 'Cortegiano' (Book)--Book reviews
Castiglione E Il Mito Di Urbino: Studi Sullelaborazione del Cortegiano...Woodhouse Castiglione e il mito di Urbino: studi sullelaborazione del Cortegiano...and most important study, Il mito di Urbino (which gives its title to the whole...
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Coloring History and Mixing Race in Levina Urbino's Sunshine in the Palace and Cottage and Louise Heaven's in Bonds
Journal article by Eric Gardner; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 24, 2007
Subjects: African American authors--Works, African American women--Portrayals, African American writers--Works, Heaven's in Bonds (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Palmer, Louise--Works, Sunshine in the Palace and Cottage (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Urbino, Levina B.--Works
...that inspired the racial perspectives Urbino and Heaven project in the two works to be examined here. Urbino is absent from most biographical sources...small Black communities). Boston-based Urbino may have read the Liberator and known...
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Creative Partners: The Marriage of Laura Battiferra and Bartolomeo Ammannati *
Journal article by Victoria Kirkham; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 55, 2002
Subjects: Aristocracy--Social aspects, Italy--16th century AD, Sculptors--Behavior
...daughter of Giovan Antonio Battiferri of Urbino, a wealthy career prelate, and Maddalena...an eighteenth-century encyclopedia of Urbino tautly intimates the daughters paternal...always to imitate the style of Raphael of Urbino. That is evident again in the Roman neighborhood...
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Federico Barocci, Federico Borromeo, and the Oratorian Orbit *
Journal article by Ian Verstegen; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 56, 2003
Subjects: Art patronage--History, Barocci, Federico--Research, Borromeo, Federico--Research, Oratorians--History, Rome, Italy--History
...renowned fifty-year-old painter from Urbino, made a brilliant Roman splash in 1586...the Virgin and indirect founder of the Urbino dynasty through his nephews marriage alliance...important for Baroccis development in Urbino) and befriended their saintly leader...
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Where to Go: URBINO
Magazine article by Carolyn Burke; Dance Magazine, Vol. 73, January 1999
Subjects: Dance in Urbino Summer Study Abroad--Evaluation, Dancing--Study and teaching
Where to go: URBINO by Carolyn Burke Modern Dance in a Renaissance...everyone who takes part in the Dance in Urbino Summer Study Abroad program finds it to...Studying dance at the University of Urbino in this beautiful Italian Renaissance...
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Long Game at Urbino: Giancarlo De Carlo's Tapestry at Urbino Is an Inventive Reworking of Old and New, in Which Interventions Grow out of Weaving the Existing with Modern Needs
Magazine article by Peter Blundell Jones; The Architectural Review, Vol. 212, October 2002
Long game at Urbino: Giancarlo de Carlos tapestry at Urbino is an inventive reworking of old and new, in which interventions...among architects anywhere. His special relationship with Urbino dates back to 1958 when he was first invited to embark...
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Urbino Legend: David Drogin on Raphael
Magazine article by David Drogin; Artforum International, Vol. 43, September 2004
Subjects: Art, Renaissance--Exhibitions, Raphael (Painter)--Exhibitions, Renaissance art--Exhibitions
Urbino Legend: David Drogin on Raphael. by David...London, this fall with "Raphael: From Urbino to Rome," which contains over one hundred...characterize Raphaels paintings for the court of Urbino, including the Vision of a Knight, ca...
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Notebook: There Were Gasps of Horror as the National Gallery Unwrapped the Painting from Urbino
Magazine article by Rosie Millard; New Statesman, Vol. 133, November 1, 2004
Subjects: Art exhibitions--Media coverage, Art--Exhibitions, Art--United Kingdom, National Gallery (United Kingdom)--Exhibitions, Raphael (Italian painter)--Exhibitions
...National Gallery Unwrapped the Painting from Urbino. by Rosie Millard The Raphael blockbuster...Marche, a museum in Raphaels birthplace of Urbino. It was the Dead Christ Supported by...Giovanni Santi, Raphaels father, a man the Urbino tourist website says "might have been...
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Sperandio's Medals
Magazine article by Luke Syson; History Today, Vol. 45, April 1995
Subjects: Bentivoglio, Giovanni--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Da Montefeltro, Federico--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Medals--History, Sperandio--Works
...cities like Ferrara, Mantua, Milan or Urbino, so too the princes of these states turned...and Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, are a case in point and illustrate many...argue that Sperandios medal of the duke of Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro could have anything...
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Lost in the Time of Cholera; Tying the Knot: Doctor Urbino (Benjamin Bratt) and Fermina (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) Get Married after She Has Been Separated from Her First Love, Florentino, by Her Angry Father lovelorn:Javier Bardem as Florentino
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 20, 2008
Subjects: Cholera, Cholera toxin
Lost in the Time of Cholera; Tying the Knot: Doctor Urbino (Benjamin Bratt) and Fermina (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) Get Married after She Has Been Separated from Her First Love, Florentino...
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'Ski in the Morning, Dance on the Beach at Night'; (1) Ducal Palace in the Renaissance Town of Urbino (2) Helen Miller Calls le Marche Area "Magical"
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 3, 2008
Subjects: Night
Ski in the Morning, Dance on the Beach at Night; (1) Ducal Palace in the Renaissance Town of Urbino (2) Helen Miller Calls le Marche Area "Magical". PHOTOGRAPHER Helen Miller is clear about why she and her husband, artist...
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Brush with Brilliance; Renaissance Art Was as Sexy as Watching Paint Dry, Thought Molly Watson, until She Learnt about Raphael and His Love of Life, Largesse and Ladies
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 5, 2004
...1483 in the provincial Italian town of Urbino suddenly started sounding like fun. In...the court of the Montefeltro Dukes of Urbino, he had elegant handwriting and wonderful...that Julius was related to the Dukes of Urbino, Raphaels first sponsors. There is a...
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Heavenly Creatures, Earthly Genius; Five Years in the Making, the National Gallery's Raphael Exhibition Is the Greatest Gathering of the Renaissance Painter's Work Ever, Says the Show's Curator, Tom Henry
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 21, 2004
...compositional harmony. Raphael was born in Urbino in 1483 and died in Rome in 1520 when...traces Raphaels rise from modest origins in Urbino to pre-eminence in Rome at the court...Julius II and the journey he took from Urbino to Rome, via Citta di Castello, Perugia...
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Heavenly Creatures, Earthly Genius; Five Years in the Making, the National Gallery's Raphael Exhibition Is the Greatest Gathering of the Renaissance Painter's Work Ever, Says the Show's Curator, Tom Henry
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 21, 2004
...compositional harmony. Raphael was born in Urbino in 1483 and died in Rome in 1520 when...traces Raphaels rise from modest origins in Urbino to pre-eminence in Rome at the court...Julius II and the journey he took from Urbino to Rome, via CittC di Castello, Perugia...
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encyclopedia articles on: Urbino  - 31 results

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Urbino
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
URBINO oorbe no, town (1991 pop. 15,114), in the...The court of Federigo da Montefeltro, 2d duke of Urbino (1444 82), was a great artistic center during the Renaissance. Urbino was particularly noted for its school of painting...
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Medici, Lorenzo De' , 1492–1519, Duke of Urbino
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MEDICI, LORENZO DE , 1492 1519, duke of Urbino 1492 1519, duke of Urbino (1516 19); son of Piero de Medici. His uncle, Pope Leo X , made the youthful Lorenzo duke of Urbino. After his early death, however, Urbino reverted...
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Justus of Ghent
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...court of Federigo da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino. His Flemish works are the Adoration...Ghent); the Communion of the Apostles (Urbino) is his only certain Italian work, although...of panels of poets and philosophers (Urbino and Louvre). His Flemish technical achievements...
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Library
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...In the 14th and 15th cent. Charles V of France, Lorenzo de Medici, and Frederick, duke of Urbino, all formed fine libraries; part of the Urbino library is now in the Vatican Library. In the 15th cent. the Vatican Library, the oldest public...
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Titian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...eagerly sought by the ducal families of Ferrara, Mantua, and Urbino. Emperor Charles V made him a Count Palatine. Philip II of...Ariadne (1523; National Gall., London), and the Venus of Urbino (1537; Uffizi). Many of Titians most famous portraits were...
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