This is the story of Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, known better by his art name: PERUGINO. He has been celebrated as the "Best Master of Italy," and on the 500th anniversary of his death, a large exhibition has been organized in Perugia, starting on March 4, 2023, and welcoming visitors from all over the world.Thanks to: the Director of the National Gallery of Umbria, Marco Pierini; the art historian Veruska Picchiarelli (curators of the exhibition); and the historian Franco Cardini, we have retraced the life and art career of this incredible character. Born in a small village of Umbria, he soon earned the respect of other great artists of his time, and inspired hundreds of other painters with his craft.
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This is the story of Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, known better by his art name: PERUGINO. He has been celebrated as the "Best Master of Italy," and on the 500th anniversary of his death, a large exhibition has been organized in Perugia, starting on March 4, 2023, and welcoming visitors from all over the world.Thanks to: the Director of the National Gallery of Umbria, Marco Pierini; the art historian Veruska Picchiarelli (curators of the exhibition); and the historian Franco Cardini, we have retraced the life and art career of this incredible character. Born in a small village of Umbria, he soon earned the respect of other great artists of his time, and inspired hundreds of other painters with his craft.
A woman steps into the life of Perugino, whose beauty is believed to often recur in the female faces painted by the master: Chiara Fancelli, the young and beautiful daughter of Luca Fancelli, architect and sculptor, student and assistant to Brunelleschi.We are at the end of the 15th century and and other Italian artists tend to increasingly replicate the arrangements and style of Perugino. His two workshops, in Florence and Perugia, are overflowing with commissions. He holds at his service a wide array of assistants. Perugino is now a star, and his business skills are un-paralleled. However, he runs the risk of falling into "mannerism": an excessive tendency to repeat the same works without any sparks of innovation...
Perugino - The Greatest Master of Italy
This is the story of Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, known better by his art name: PERUGINO. He has been celebrated as the "Best Master of Italy," and on the 500th anniversary of his death, a large exhibition has been organized in Perugia, starting on March 4, 2023, and welcoming visitors from all over the world.Thanks to: the Director of the National Gallery of Umbria, Marco Pierini; the art historian Veruska Picchiarelli (curators of the exhibition); and the historian Franco Cardini, we have retraced the life and art career of this incredible character. Born in a small village of Umbria, he soon earned the respect of other great artists of his time, and inspired hundreds of other painters with his craft.
