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Madonna Dell'Umiltà, Pistoia
The Basilica of Our Lady of Humility or Basilica della Madonna dell'Umiltà is a Renaissance architecture, Renaissance-style Roman catholic church building in Pistoia, Italy. History According to legend, on July 17, 1490, in the midst of the infighting between local families of the Panciatichi family, Panciatichi and Cancellieri family, Cancellieri, some people saw blood dripping from the forehead of a 14th-century fresco of the Madonna painted on a small chapel, which was interpreted as a sign that the Virgin Mary suffered from the bloodshed in the region. The miracle was confirmed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pistoia, Bishop of Pistoia, Niccolò Pandolfini, and the important families of the city decided to build the sanctuary to honor the Virgin. The fresco is attributed by some to Bartolomeo Cristiani, but was perhaps due to a local painter from Pistoia. Originally the site had a small church or chapel, Santa Maria Forisportae, outside of the early medieval city walls o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pistoia – Cupola Della Madonna (xilografia)
Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of Pistoia, province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typical Italian medieval city, and it attracts many tourists, especially in the summer. The city is famous throughout Europe for its Plant nursery, plant nurseries. History ''Pistoria'' (in latin language, Latin other possible forms are ''Pistorium'' or ''Pistoriae'') was a centre of Gauls, Gallic, Ligures, Ligurian and Etruscan civilization, Etruscan settlements before becoming a Ancient Rome, Roman Colonia (Roman), colony in the 6th century BC, along the important road Via Cassia: in 62 BC the demagogue Catiline and his fellow conspirators were slain nearby. From the 5th century the city was a bishopric, and during the Lombards, Lombardic kingdom it was a royal city and had several privileges. Pistoia's most splen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state on 11 February 1929. He assumed as his papal motto "Pax Christi in Regno Christi," translated "The Peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ." Pius XI issued numerous encyclicals, including '' Quadragesimo anno'' on the 40th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's groundbreaking social encyclical '' Rerum novarum'', highlighting the capitalistic greed of international finance, the dangers of socialism/communism, and social justice issues, and ''Quas primas'', establishing the feast of Christ the King in response to anti-clericalism. The encyclical ''Studiorum ducem'', promulgated 29 June 1923, was written on the occasion of the 6th centenary of the canonization of Thomas Aquinas, whose thought is acclaimed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Morandini
Francesco Morandini (c. 1544–1597) was an Italian painter active in Florence, working in a Mannerist style. He was also called il Poppi after his native town. He was a pupil of Vincenzo Borghini, and later he was Giorgio Vasari's assistant for many years. He participated in the Vincenzo Borghini and Giorgio Vasari-directed decoration of the Studiolo of Francesco I with two canvases: one relating a ''Alexander and Campaspe'' (1571) and the other depicting a ''Foundry'' (1572). He also painted an altarpiece on the ''Tobias and the Angel'' for the church of San Francesco in Prato. In 1584–1585, he worked in the ''Salviati Chapel'' in San Marco alongside Giovanni Battista Naldini Giovanni Battista Naldini (1535–1591) was an Italian painter in a late-Mannerist style, active in Florence and Rome. Biography His first apprenticeship (1549–1557) was in the studio of Jacopo Pontormo. He went from Rome for a number of mon ... and others; his contribution is a canvas of ''Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Sorri
Pietro Sorri (1558-1622) was an Italian painter active in Siena. Biography He first studied under Arcangelo Salimbeni (father of Ventura), and afterwards under Cavaliere Domenico Passignano, whom he accompanied to Venice. Several of his works are in Florence and other cities of Tuscany, particularly at Pisa; he painted landscapes and portraits as well as history. Among his pupils were Giovanni Stefano Rossi, Bernardo Strozzi, and Astolfo Petrozzi. He was also active in Lucca, Genoa, Milan, and Pavia. He painted an altarpiece for the church of San Ambrogio in Massa di Carrara. By Giuseppe Campori, page 447. Works *''Death of Saint Anthony the Abbot'' (around 1602), Louvrem, Paris *''Trinity and ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Vanni
Francesco Vanni (1563 – 26 October 1610) was an Italian painter, draughtsman, printmaker, publisher and printer active in Rome and his native city of Siena.Francesco Vanni at the British Museum Biography Vanni was part of a family of painters, including his half-brother and stepfather , the latter of whom died when Francesco was young. As a 16-year-old, Vanni went first to , then to Rome. H ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazzaro Baldi
Lazzaro Baldi ( – 30 March 1703) was an Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque period active mainly in Rome.The idea of artist's death and his burial in the Italian seventeenth century in "Rivista d'arte", V ser., 2016 - a.51, n. 6 (2018), pp. 185-212 Biography Study Baldi was born in Pistoia around 1624. He is initially believed to have been a pupil of a little known Francesco Leoncini in his native city. Attracted by the fame of his fellow Tuscan |
Gerino Da Pistoia
Gerino da Pistoia, also Gerino di Antonio Gerini, (1480–1529) was an Italian painter and designer of the Renaissance. Biography Not much is known about Gerino except through his works and a few lines by Giorgio Vasari. Gerino was a pupil of Pietro Perugino and trained in his workshop. He traveled to Rome with Pinturicchio. The Courtauld Gallery was awarded a grant in 2011 to restore and study a surviving work of his ''Virgin and Child between Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist'' (1510) which was originally made for the church of Sant'Agostino in Sansepolcro. Some of his works include: * ''Madonna with St. Michael and St. Peter'', in the annex to the oratory of the church of San Alessandro in Milan * ''Madonna'' (1502), painted relief, Museo Civico, Sansepolcro * ''San Jacopo'', Basilica of Our Lady of Humility * ''Madonna and Child with Saints Anthony Abbot and Nicolas of Bari'', church San Giorgio a Porciano, Lamporecchio * ''Miracle of the Loaves and Fish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Carradori
Francesco Carradori (1747-1824) was an Italian sculptor in Florence. He initially studied in his native Pistoia, under Innocenzo Spinazzi. Later, the patronage of the then Grand Duke Leopold sustained him as a pupil of Agostino Penna in Rome. He became the professor of sculpture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. In 1802, he published a guide (''Istruzione elementare'') for students of sculpture. By Francesco Tolomei, page 159. Among his pupils was Stefano Ricci (sculptor). It is reported that either him or his teacher may have installed the tail of the '' |
Vincenzo Meucci
Vincenzo Meucci (1694–1766) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period. Born in Florence. He was a pupil first of the painter Sebastiano Galeotti, then of Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole in Bologna. He was patronized by the Marchese Giovan Battista Salimbeni of Siena, as well as the cardinals Alessandro Chigi Zondadari and Neri Corsini. His masterpiece was a commission by Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, the last Medici resident of the Pitti Palace, who contracted him to fresco the cupola of the Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze with the ''Glory of Florentine Saints'' (1742). Among his pupils are Tommaso Gherardini. Selected works *Frescoes for Chapel of San Mauro, Badia Fiorentina, Florence (1717) *''Madonna del Rosario'', Santa Lucia alla Castellina, Sesto Fiorentino (1731) *Frescoes for ceiling at the entrance of Ospedale di San Giovanni di Dio, Florence(1735) *Frescoes for Palazzo Panciatichi, Florence (c. 1741) *''Marriage of Virgin'' Church of San Paolino, Florence * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Domenico Piastrini
Giovanni Domenico Piastrini (1678–1740) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Tuscany and Rome. Biography He learned first skills from his father, Francesco Maria, who had painted in the Annunziata and San Lorenzo churches of Florence. But then traveled to Rome to work in the studio of Benedetto Luti. He painted for the Basilica of our Lady of Humility in Pistoia. He also painted altarpieces for churches in Rome (including Santa Maria in Via Lata) and Pisa. He died in Rome. Among his works are a canvas depicting ''Emperor Trajan condemning Saint Ignatius of Antioch'' (1710–1716) at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini, Rome ; a ''Marriage at Cana'' at Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery The Museum & Gallery, Inc. is currently located on the campus of Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina. It was established in 1951, and focuses on sacred art, mainly European Old Master paintings, but also includes smaller collections . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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