Venice – City of Art
Venice is jam-packed with famous artwork, from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Bellini, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, Tiepolo and Canaletto are
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The Apennine Colossus
The all powerful Medici dynasty of the Italian Renaissance created The Villa di Pratolino and its vast grounds in the hills above Florence in the 16th century. Modelled on the Villa de Este outside Rome it is best known today for a giant sculpture known as the Apennine Collosus.
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Great Artists: Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso is probably the most important figure of the 20th century, in terms of art, and art movements. Before the age of 50, the Spanish born artist had become the most well-known name in modern art, with a distinct style.
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Great Artists: Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse was one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, whose stylistic innovations fundamentally altered the course of modern art and affected the art of several generations of younger painters. His career spanned almost six and a half decades.
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Great Artists: Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol was American artist and filmmaker, an initiator and leading exponent of the Pop art movement of the 1960s whose mass-produced art apotheosized the supposed banality of the commercial culture of the United States.
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