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Pinturicchio
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| [add show backstory when his character is evident, then copy/paste the info below to Historcal Profile page if necessary] Bernardino di Betto, called Pintoricchio or Pinturicchio (1454–1513) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. He was an artist of the Umbrian School, members of which include the masters Perugino and Raphael. He was born in Perugia, the son of Benedetto or Betto di Blagio. He may have trained under lesser known Perugian painters such as Bonfigli and Fiorenzo di Lorenzo. According to Vasari, Pinturicchio was a paid assistant of Perugino. Pope Alexander Vi commissioned Pinturicchio to decorate the entire six-room suite of the Borgia Apartments, completed between 1492-1498. The result was a coffer of precious and refined decorations, with an abundance of gilt and gold painted accents that reflected lamplight and candlelight to flicker a continuous golden glow on walls and ceilings. The style of the figures was a fusion of international gothic and Hispanic-Moresca design; a legacy to the Valencian origins of the pope. The iconografic program fused the Christian doctrine with the classical pagan mythology then popular in Rome, and among men of the elite and cultured courts across Italy. After 1495, Pinturicchio was recalled to decorate the tower of Castel Sant' Angel, finished in 1497. The work was completely lost due to the destruction of the tower. The cycle showed in six scenes a catalogue of the events of 1495. They were an artistic propaganda interpretation of current papal politics. The scenes, of unique contemporary historical description, comprised numerous portraits of illustrious contemporaries. In 16th the century they were copied for the museum of Paulo Giovio at Como, and were reproduced for the Giovian Series of Portraits in the Uffizi. (content - it.wikipedia article cited from Cristina Acidini, Pintoricchio, in Pittori del Rinascimento, Scala, Firenze 2004, p. 204. |
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| Ciangale | Who was the artist? | 1 | Apr 12 2011, 4:14 AM EDT by Kittywake09 | ||
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Thread started: Apr 11 2011, 6:22 PM EDT
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In this episode, Guilia is being painted by the best artist in Rome. I thought they said Pinturicchio, but was it actually supposed to be Raphael? So, I did a little googling on Guilia Farnese. I knew that Raphael had painted the Farnese Rooms in the Farnese Palace. When googling Guilia Farnese I found the picture of Guilia with the unicorn, by Raphael. So, I googled a little on Raphael, and found that his first known work wasn't until 1501, but before that he worked as an apprentice under Perugino. Did the script writers play a little joke here? Did they write in Perugino, and the Pope thought it was Perugino, and instead Perugino sent Raphael? Ideas?
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