1490s in art

The decade of the 1490s in art involved some significant events. The Renaissance is in full swing during the 1490s, and Leonardo da Vinci is painting in realistic, chiaroscuro style. In music, many new musical styles are being created, including the motet and madrigal, replacing an emphasis on chanting (and simple melodies) with polyphony and homophony. Christopher Columbus's explorations of the New World captivates the artistic imagination of both artists and the public. 1490 – July 13: John of Kastav finishes a cycle of frescoes in the Holy Trinity Church, Hrastovlje (Slovenia). 1495: Donatello's bronze Judith and Holofernes is moved from the Palazzo Medici Riccardi to the Piazza della Signoria, beside the main door of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. 1496: Juan de Flandes joins the court of Isabella I of Castile. 1494 – January – Following heavy snowfall in Florence, the Italian sculptor Michelangelo was commissioned by the Medicis to build a snowman. Tilman Riemenschneider carves the Seated Bishop 1496: The designed by Andrea del Verrocchio and completed by Alessandro Leopardi is unveiled in Venice 1498–1499: Michelangelo carves his Pietà for St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, in Carrara marble Category:1490s paintings c. 1486–1490: Domenico Ghirlandaio paints the fresco in the Tornabuoni Chapel of the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella in Florence 1490s: Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio and Marco d'Oggiono paint a Resurrection (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) 1490: Leonardo da Vinci completes painting the portrait Lady with an Ermine and (probably) paints Portrait of a Musician Cima da Conegliano paints his Sacred Conversation now in Milan c. 1490 Giovanni Bellini paints two Sacred Conversations and a Albrecht Dürer paints a Portrait Diptych of Dürer's Parents Cosmè Tura completes painting St Anthony of Padua c. 1490–1497: Leonardo da Vinci or one of his school paints La belle ferronnière c. 1490–1498, probably c. 1495: Gerard David paints Triptych of the Sedano family c. 1490–1500: Giovanni Bellini paints the Holy Allegory and Portrait of a Gentleman (both Uffizi, Florence) c.

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