Art year 1508
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Overview of the Art Years
Further events
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Gerard David completes The Baptism of Christ . |
Events
architecture
- The new building of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, which burned down in 1505 on the Grand Canal in Venice, based on a design by Giovanni Giocondo and under the supervision of Antonio Abbondi , is completed. The frescoes on the facade of the German dealers' branch are by Tizian and Giorgione .
- Donato Bramante begins with the construction of the Palazzo Caprini in the district of Borgo in Rome . The building became the model for numerous palaces of the 16th century.
- Baldassare Peruzzi begins building the Villa Farnesina in the Roman district of Trastevere .
sculpture
- February 21 : The bronze statue of Pope Julius II made by Michelangelo is installed in its place above the portal of the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna .
painting
- February 21 : Michelangelo completes the bronze statue of Pope Julius II in Bologna and is then called back to Rome by him, but not, as he assumed, to finish the Pope's tomb, but to paint the Sistine Chapel , an undertaking which Michelangelo only accepts with reservations and little enthusiasm.
- Raphael begins work on the Stanza della Segnatura on behalf of Pope Julius II .
Albrecht Dürer made one of his most famous works as a sketch for the Heller Altarpiece : Praying Hands .
- Albrecht Dürer paints the torture of ten thousand Christians in oil on wood .
- Albrecht Altdorfer begins work on the Sebastian Altar for St. Florian Monastery near Linz.
- Quentin Massys starts work on The Lamentation of Christ for the cathedral of his new hometown Antwerp on behalf of the carpenters' guild .
- around 1508: Giorgione receives the commission for the painting The Thunderstorm .
- 1507/1508 : Raffael paints the Madonna Colonna in oil on poplar wood .
Born
- November 30th : Andrea Palladio , the most important architect of Mannerism in Northern Italy († 1580 )
- Lodovico Dolce , Italian humanist, poet, writer, translator and art theorist († 1568 )
Died
- September 27th : Simone del Pollaiuolo , Italian architect of the Renaissance (* 1457 )
- Wolfgang Katzheimer , German painter and graphic artist (* around 1450 )
See also
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