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David Mayernik won the open competition to paint the Palio for Lucca's Festa di S. Paolino

more about the Palio di S. Paolino (in Italian) here

Allegorical Self Portrait by David Mayernik
intarsia panel executed by Daniele Parasecolo

my logo is derived from the impresa of the Accademia di S. Luca, whose motto was Aequa Potestas, or Equal Power among the three arts of painting, sculpture & architecture

David Mayernik has been named to INTBAU's College of Traditional Practitioners

on Italian crossbows

Letarouilly on Renaissance Rome
available now
updated with 50 new plates and an introduction by David Mayernik

Palio di Lucca

David Mayernik is an internationally recognized artist and architect practicing in the Renaissance humanist tradition. His work as a fine artist ranges from drawing and watercolor to oil, buon fresco and sculpture. As a designer he works on projects from the urban scale, to campus planning, architectural design and interiors. His work in the decorative arts includes furniture design, decorative objects, and stage sets. An associate professor with the University of Notre Dame's School of Architecture, his research includes studies of Renaissance and Baroque art and architecture, and theoretical projects that test the insights of his scholarship; he has published widely, and has a forthcoming book on Emulation.

On this site you'll find his research at the Academia Chiron. David Mayernik is co-editor with Taeho Paik of the online Humanist Art Review; he blogs at Emulatio and Plein Air Italy. For more information about his frescoes and the contemporary fresco tradition, visit the Fresco Trail website.