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Simone Cantarini's sacred elegy. The sweetness of the divine among affections, silences and melancholy

Simone Cantarini's sacred elegy. The sweetness of the divine among affections, silences and melancholy

An innate sweetness pervades the works of Simone Cantarini (Pesaro, 1612 - 1648), painter of contrasts: restless and rebellious was the man, delicate and elegant his painting. And in his art, even the sacred becomes poetry. Or rather: of an openly " ...
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Domenico Beccafumi's cartoons for Siena Cathedral: the idea that anticipates light in marble

Domenico Beccafumi's cartoons for Siena Cathedral: the idea that anticipates light in marble

Cesare Brandi, in 1933, compiling the catalog of the collection held by the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena, had called them "heirlooms." a term that has perhaps become inadequate today to define, in a single word, the cartoons that Domenico Beccafumi ...
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Mario Giacomelli's Pretenders. When photography is a reflection on existence

Mario Giacomelli's Pretenders. When photography is a reflection on existence

In the white courtyard of the Bishop's Seminary in Senigallia, a group of young pretties chase each other, as if they wanted to fly, as if their black cloaks were wings. These images, which appear suspended, surreal, poetic and at the same time also ...
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A splendid unpublished work by Louis Finson: his converted Magdalene, exhibited in Treviso

A splendid unpublished work by Louis Finson: his converted Magdalene, exhibited in Treviso

A splendid unpublished work by Louis Finson (Bruges, 1580 - Amsterdam, 1617), a beautiful Conversion of Magdalene is being shown for the first time to the public on the occasion of an exhibition dedicated precisely to the theme of the sinful saint, M...
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When artists dissected corpses (and anticipated science)

When artists dissected corpses (and anticipated science)

In a paper preserved at the Royal Library, Leonardo da Vinci writes that, in order to be able to accurately draw the veins of the human body and have "full knowledge of them," he had "disposed of more than ten human bodies, destroying every other mem...
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Clio, the enigmatic muse of Artemisia Gentileschi's story.

Clio, the enigmatic muse of Artemisia Gentileschi's story.

One of the few works by Artemisia Gentileschi (Rome, 1593 - Naples, c. 1656) to be found in Pisa, the city of origin of the painter's family, Clio, muse of history, a work executed in 1632 in Naples and now housed in the Palazzo Blu in Pisa, is not, ...
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 Reportage from Modenantiquaria 2025: our selection of the most interesting works (with prices)

Reportage from Modenantiquaria 2025: our selection of the most interesting works (with prices)

Modenantiquaria is one of the most important events in the Italian and international antiques scene, and the 2025 edition, running from Feb. 8 to 16, will not disappoint the expectations of enthusiasts and experts in the field. The fair, held every y...
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Reportage from Arte Fiera 2025: the guide to the most interesting things (with prices)

Reportage from Arte Fiera 2025: the guide to the most interesting things (with prices)

Almost two hundred galleries, more than half a century old, four curated sections, nine prizes, hundreds of works to see, evaluate, try to understand, try to like. Arte Fiera arrives at 2025 without feeling the burden of its 48 editions and its 51 ye...
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