Masaccio’s Trinity: Renaissance masterpiece in Santa Maria Novella

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Trinita Masaccio

Masaccio’s majestic fresco of the Trinity, painted around 1426-27, which you can admire inside the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, is the pictorial work that best summarises the important achievements of the early Renaissance.
It is the last work created by Masaccio, who died at the age of 27 in 1428, in which the artist establishes the proportion between God and men not on the basis of hierarchical criteria but on the basis of perspective. Therefore, the objective of the representation is no longer only allegorical, as the representation of reality and the description of the spiritual world coexist in this painting.

Here I take you on a discovery of Masaccio’s great masterpiece.

TRINITY OF MASACCIO

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Donatello’s Gattamelata: Renaissance masterpiece in Padua

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Donatello Gattamelata

The equestrian monument dedicated to the condottiere Erasmo da Narni, called the Gattamelata, is the first to be executed since ancient Rome. Donatello, therefore, takes an ancient subject and brings it back into the Renaissance by renewing it.

In this post I describe Donatello’s Gattamelata and tell you why it is to be considered one of Donatello’s masterpieces.

DONATELLO’S GATTAMELATA

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The Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore: Brunelleschi’s masterpiece and symbol of Florence

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cupola Brunelleschi

One of the most important architectural undertakings in Renaissance Florence was the completion of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, which had been left without a dome in the 13th century and needed to be completed.

The Medici family is the first to understand the importance of building monuments or completing long abandoned enterprises. These are in fact the activities that allow a useful return in terms of image to increase their political prestige. In truth, the whole city of Florence is driven by the desire to increase its prestige and become a kind of new Athens. It was because of these ambitions that the competition for the construction of the dome was launched.

In this post I tell you about the feat and the innovative technical solutions that led to the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore being one of the most beautiful in the world.

THE DOME OF SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE

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Life and Works of Louise Bourgeois: Who she was and what works she did

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Louise Bourgeois ragno

Have you ever thought about how deep the connection between personal experiences and art can be?
Personal life is often intertwined with creativity, in fact I believe it is this link that is fundamental, which allows great artists to describe what we really are, as was the case with the works of Louise Bourgeois.

Louise Bourgeois was an artist who grew up in the suburbs of Paris and her works offer an extraordinary example of how personal challenges can be transformed into powerful works of art. Through sculpture, drawing and installation, Bourgeois depicted her darkest traumas and emotions, exploring the human psyche with unique intensity and depth. In this post, I tell you all about this extraordinary artist, marked by complex family relationships, how her personal life profoundly influenced her artistic production, making her emerge as one of the most influential figures in 20th century art.

LIFE AND WORKS OF LOUISE BOURGEIOS

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Art and Tennis in the works of Velasco Vitali

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How can art intersect with sports? With this post I take you into the world and works of Velasco Vitali, an artist whose passion for tennis shines through in his work.
Since 2017, Vitali’s artistic production has taken on new nuances, ranging from elegant monochromes to intense depictions of red clay. This is how tennis, in addition to being a game of physical strength and endurance, has become a powerful expressive tool for Vitali.

THE WORKS OF VELASCO VITALI

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