As part of the Fourth Annual International Festival for the Arts in Milwaukee celebrating Italian art and culture, the Haggerty Museum of Art has organized the exhibition Italian Renaissance Masters. The exhibition curated by Annemarie Sawkins brings together for the first time 45 works from museums, galleries, and private collections across the nation, making a number of visual and historical connections and inviting further scholarly review of the works presented. This exhibition is intended to increase the visibility and appreciation of Italian Renaissance art by presenting to the public a rich display of paintings and decorative artifacts created in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The exhibition and its accompanying catalogue informs both public understanding and scholarly research on the art as well as the artists of the Italian Renaissance.

The Italian Renaissance is one of the most vital periods in art history. The majority of works from this period are either fresco paintings in situ or panel paintings, which rarely travel. Hence the exhibition represents an opportunity for students and art enthusiasts to see a selection of Italian Renaissance art not generally available to the public. This exhibition and its catalogue provide a broad introduction to the styles and themes found in Italian art from the late fourteenth century through the sixteenth century. Here one finds work representing major artistic movements, key centers of production and characteristic genres, subjects and techniques, used by Renaissance artists. One will also learn about the complexity of artists familial and workshop relationships.

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