Famous Italian Painters

We have been lucky enough to enjoy Italian painters for many centuries, ever since their astounding contributions just after the Middle Ages which helped to shape all that followed, right across Italy and the rest of Europe. This article will centre of two artists who were important during this period, but that are sometimes overlooked in favour of those considered the masters of this era.
Giorgione took what had gone before and inserted his own ideas and techniques to successfully produce a career of his own which remains highly respected today with in Renaissance academic circles. The highlights from Giorgione included The Tempest, Sleeping Venus, Adoration of the Shepherds, Pastoral Concert, Portrait of a Youth, Portrait of Warrior with his Equerry, The Impassioned Singer and Portrait of a Young Man.
Masaccio came around early on in the development of the Renaissance where it was just a collection of artists across Italy who were starting to come up with inspirational work which was only later to become joined together in a legitimate movement which then started to pass these skills downwards through specific art schools. It was at such as early stage then that it was not easy for anyone to gain attention to their work and so it took particular talent to be noticed then and stay remembered all the way up to the present day.
Masaccio certainly produced more art than we are actually now aware of, as much will have been lost over the years with also no system of storing and cataloging works around at that time. Despite this, we can still enjoy some classic works from this artist, with the best ones including King of Antioch, Madonna and Child with St Anne, Raising of the Son of Theophilus, Resurrection Oftabitha, San Cristoforo, St Peter Enthroned and St Peter Healing the Sick with His Shadow.
Please leave some time to look further into the careers of these two innovative and technically skilled artists who remain a significant part of one of the most important periods in European art. You will find that both Giorgione and Masaccio both have a lot to offer from their respective careers and if you already are a fan of the Renaissance period generally, then you really can't go far wrong than to check out these two. Further more, if you want to go beyond those then certainly take in the masters of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael along your way.