The story of early Renaissance art

The story of painting continues as we explore the emergence of Renaissance art through the works of Jan van Eyck in Northern Europe and Sandro Botticelli in Italy. This tour highlights the remarkable advances in technique, observation, and artistic expression that transformed European painting, while examining the cultural and intellectual changes that shaped the 15th century.

Maurizio Patti is originally from Cortona, Italy. He studied as an interpreter and continued with a second university degree in Languages and Visual Arts in Siena (with Honours). He worked as teacher, interpreter and guide in Italy until 1990, when he settled in London. He then qualified as a Blue Badge Guide and City Guide. He received a third university degree in Philosophy and Theology at the University of Louvain (Belgium) London campus. He attended visual arts courses at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate Gallery and City Lit. He has become an Art Expert for Tate Galleries. Alongside his guiding, he is also tutoring and lecturing for the Tate Galleries and the Institute of Tourist Guiding (History of Art). He guides in English, Italian, French, Spanish.