ACADEMIC REALISM
Isabella Medici
the Famous Italian artist known as Bronzino, a recognized master of mannerism, was born in 1503 in Florence, capital of Tuscany. The true name of the master — Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano. He was a native of the environment of the educated intelligentsia, had a great knowledge in literature, read a lot and was familiar with the works of Dante and Petrarch, who were his contemporaries and compatriots. Bronzino was a member of the Florentine Academy, we also know that he successfully wrote poems.
As a student Raffaellino del Garbo and Jacopo Pontormo, the artist embraced their style, its masterfully reinterpreted and improved. As a result, Bronzino became one of the most prominent representatives of the trend called mannerism. Paintings in this style are often characterized by bizarre composition, complexity of work, the pretentious lines and rich colors. Being early Baroque, mannerism carries some of his traits that is clearly reflected in the formal portraits and multi-figure compositions on ancient and religious themes.
At the age of 30 years, the artist becomes court painter to the Medici in Florence. Here the focus of all intellectual and artistic elite of the then Tuscan. Four years later he became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke (Luke is regarded as an artist and patron of the arts, it was named after the Guild of master craftsmen in medieval and Renaissance Europe) and entered the Academy of Florence.
Master went for a short time in Rome and Pisa. During his travels he was able to see works by great Renaissance masters, particularly Michelangelo, taking a lot from his work. The rest of his life was fully dedicated to his hometown of Florence.
One of the allegorical paintings by Bronzino," Аллегория love", got as a gift to the king of France Francis I. It shows how valued the work of the master is a spoiled talented artists of the Florentine Duke Cosimo de " Medici. In the portraits painted by Agnolo feel the beating of the life and soul of the model, with all the restraint and some coldness of the composition.
artist Died in 1563 and was modestly buried under a stone with remarkable epitaph:" does Not die the one who lived as Бронзино".
the Portrait of a lady in green
Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo with her son Giovanni
Portrait Of Cosimo I De " Medici
Portrait Of Ugolino Martelli
Portrait Of Bartolomeo Panciatichi
Portrait Of Lucrezia Panciatichi
Portrait of Maria de Medici
Portrait of Bia de Medici
Portrait of young man in antique costume
Saint Matthew
Saint mark
the crossing of the Red sea
Moses excised water from the rock
Moses excised water from the rock. Fragment
the birth of the Saviour
Madonna and child with saints
Noli me tangere ("Не"t touch me", In. 20:11—17)
Dante gazes at Purgatory
portrait of an elderly woman
Portrait of Laura Battiferri
Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo
portrait of a lady with a puppy
Source ➝
tps://art.mirtesen.ru/blog/43405555644/Krasota-zemnaya-moim-vladela-serdtsem...--Italyanskiy-hudozhnik
Link to original