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Date:   1420-1436 Artist:   Filippo Brunelleschi Art Movement/Period:   Italian Renaissance Exhibited at:   Florence, Italy #DuomoCathedral Everything About the Florence Cathedral Dome: Architecture, History, and Symbolism The people of Florence celebrate the anniversary of the dome of their city cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore, every year. But why would a city celebrate the anniversary of a dome? Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence The construction of the Florence Cathedral, wi

Date: 1533 Artist: Young Hans Holbein Art Movement/Period: Northern Renaissance Exhibited at: The National Gallery, London #Ambassadors Hans Holbein's The Ambassadors: Power, Faith, and Mortality in 16th-Century Europe Considered one of the most accomplished portrait painters of the sixteenth century, this magnificent portrait by Hans Holbein appears at first glance to depict two wealthy, educated, and powerful young men. Exhibited at the National Gallery in London, this

Date: 1793 Artist:  Jacques-Louis David Art Movement/Period:  Neoclassicism Exhibited Location: The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium #TheDeathofMarat The Revolution's Most Dramatic Moment: An Assassination Turned into a Painting The Death of Marat is an 1793 work by the French artist Jacques-Louis David . It is an oil painting depicting the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat , a journalist and radical activist of the French Revolution, by Charlotte Corday , a supporter of