“Louvre Museum Exhibition: Renaissance” to Open Next September. Leonardo da Vinci’s “La Belle Ferronnière” to Arrive in Japan for the First Time (CINRA)
The “Louvre Museum Exhibition: Renaissance” will be held at the National Art Center in September 2026, featuring the first-ever exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci’s “La Belle Ferronnière” in Japan.Summary
The “Louvre Museum Exhibition: Renaissance” will be held at the National Art Center, Nogizaka, from September 9, 2026. The exhibition aims to highlight the essential characteristics of Renaissance art through over 50 works, focusing on the period when the Renaissance style spread rather than its very birth. Leonardo da Vinci’s “La Belle Ferronnière” will be displayed in Japan for the first time, with the exhibition shedding light on the background and expressive features of the work based on the latest research. The Renaissance, meaning “rebirth,” was an era when Europeans found ideals in ancient Greek and Roman culture, valuing human subjectivity before the spread of Christianity. Artists aimed to realistically represent humans and their surrounding space and nature, with expressing inner individuality through facial expressions and gestures becoming a key challenge.
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