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Domenico Di Michelino, (1417 - 1491) Italian, Florentine, High Renaissance
Dante
Illuminating Florence
with his Poem
c.1465
one of the greatest paintings of all time
Key Descriptive Words and Phrases associated with the Renaissance Movement - rebirth, rediscovery of the classical world, publication of Della Pittura, a book about the laws of mathematical perspective for artists, sfumato, chiaroscuro, Savonarola, spiritually significant, illuminated manuscript, idealized biblical themes, scriptorium, illuminator, plague, Age of Discovery, curiosity about the natural world, realistic use of colours and light, Bonfire of the Vanities, Old Testament stories, ethereal and foggy backgrounds, Gospel parables, romanticized landscapes, Christian symbolism.
The Meaning of Sacred Symbols in Northern Renaissance Paintings. Most prominently featured symbols and their meaning:
- The Serpent
- Good Shepherd
- Key
- Wheat
- Virgin Mary
- Christ
- The Anchor
- The Apostles
- Satan
- Chalice
- The Cross
- Fruit
- The Saints
- Colors
- Book
- Birds
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