Tag Archives: Urbino

The Englishwoman’s Italian story

Posted on 30 Sep, 2015 by An Englishwoman in Italy

This blog first appeared in  Original Marche . Thanks to Angela for inviting me to contribute to her blog, which is indeed original as it deals with lesser-known aspects of Le Marche, and introduces readers to local artists and unusual recipes. … Continue reading →

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Culturespaces | Le Pérugin, Maître de Raphaël, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris

Posted on 12 Nov, 2014 by An Englishwoman in Italy

Culturespaces | Le Pérugin, Maître de Raphaël, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris. /Perugino, maestro di Raffaello/Perugino, Raphael’s master. Hmm …Comme mes lecteurs savent déjà, à mon avis Le Pérugin n’était pas le maître de Raphaël. Ce dernier a appris son métier chez son père, … Continue reading →

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More about Giovanni Santi, the artist Raphael’s father

Posted on 27 Nov, 2012 by An Englishwoman in Italy

I can’t resist sharing this quote from Civilisation, by Kenneth Clark, art historian, (rich, leftish, money from Clark’s cotton reels), father of the [more?] famous Alan Clark, politician and diarist, (rich, right-wing, money from Clark’s cotton reels), about Giovanni Santi, … Continue reading →

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Raphael was not Perugino’s pupil, but Giovanni Santi’s

Posted on 15 Nov, 2012 by An Englishwoman in Italy

Giovanni Santi, Raphael‘s father,  was not a bad artist himself – see June Osborne’s book, Urbino, the story of a Renaissance City, by June Osborne: Frances Lincoln, 2003. (University of Chicago Press in the USA) which I referred to in my previous post. Although Giorgio Vasari in … Continue reading →

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Urbino – not the Ducal Palace

Posted on 8 Nov, 2012 by An Englishwoman in Italy

If one day you just can’t face yet another pre-Renaissance holy picture, give the Ducal Palace (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche) a miss (I’m assuming you’ve seen the Pieros and the Raphael and the Studiolo and the Justus of Ghent/Pedro Berruguete portrait … Continue reading →

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