Who is Federico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta

Federico Giannini. Giornalista, co-fondatore di Finestre sull'Arte, direttore responsabile della testata. Nato a Massa nel 1986, si è laureato nel 2010 in Informatica Umanistica all’Università di Pisa. Nel 2025 ha scritto il libro Vero, Falso, Fake. Credenze, errori e falsità nel mondo dell'arte (Giunti editore). Per la tv è stato autore del documentario Le mani dell’arte (Rai 5) ed è stato tra i presentatori del programma Dorian – L’arte non invecchia (Rai 5).

Ilaria Baratta. Giornalista, co-fondatrice di Finestre sull'Arte, caporedattrice della testata. È nata a Carrara nel 1987 e si è laureata a Pisa in Lingue e Letterature Straniere.


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Pontormo's Diary: What Did an Artist Eat in the 16th Century?

Pontormo's Diary: What Did an Artist Eat in the 16th Century?

Anyone who opens the pages of the diary that Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci; Pontorme di Empoli, 1494 – Florence, 1557) kept during the final years of his life, from January 7, 1554, to October 23, 1556, is confronted with a unique text: not a narrat...
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Jacopo Ligozzi’s Absurd, Whimsical Glasses: Fantasy at the Medici Table

Jacopo Ligozzi’s Absurd, Whimsical Glasses: Fantasy at the Medici Table

During the final decade of his long career in Florence, Jacopo Ligozzi—who was one of the most original painters active between the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries—devoted himself to an undertaking that at first glance seems far remove...
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The Ark of St. Augustine in Pavia, a masterpiece of Italian Gothic sculpture

The Ark of St. Augustine in Pavia, a masterpiece of Italian Gothic sculpture

Located in Pavia, inside the basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, is one of the pinnacles of Italian Gothic sculpture: theArk of St. Augustine. This imposing cenotaph (i.e., a funerary monument not intended to hold the remains of the deceased, as it...
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Cesena's Malatestiana Library, the Renaissance dream that has lived on for more than five centuries

Cesena's Malatestiana Library, the Renaissance dream that has lived on for more than five centuries

In 2003 a conference was held in Cesena celebrating the 550th anniversary of the opening of one of Italy's most illustrious cultural jewels, the Biblioteca Malatestiana, inaugurated in 1454: the organizers decided to give that day of study a title, T...
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A forgotten masterpiece: Emilio Malerba's Intermezzo on display again after a century

A forgotten masterpiece: Emilio Malerba's Intermezzo on display again after a century

The monographic exhibition on Emilio Malerba (Milan, 1878 - 1926) that the Fondazione Ragghianti of Lucca dedicated to the great Milanese painter on the centenary of his death, the first modern monographic exhibition devoted to him (curated by Paolo ...
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What the 2026 edition of Modenantiquaria looks like: report with prices

What the 2026 edition of Modenantiquaria looks like: report with prices

Last days to see the 2026 edition of Modenantiquaria, the thirty-ninth of the event dedicated to high antiques that over time has assumed a stable role in the national and international fair calendar. Inaugurated last Friday, Feb. 6, with a convivial...
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Art Fair 49: new course, painting protagonist. What the fair is like (with prices)

Art Fair 49: new course, painting protagonist. What the fair is like (with prices)

The 49th edition of Arte Fiera in Bologna opens under a light of substantial interest and curiosity for the passing of the baton to the artistic direction, which sees Davide Ferri succeed Simone Menegoi: the new director has imprinted the event with ...
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Andrea del Sarto's Madonna of the Harpies: symbols and theology behind the monsters

Andrea del Sarto's Madonna of the Harpies: symbols and theology behind the monsters

We owe to Giorgio Vasari the title by which one of Andrea del Sarto 's (Andrea d'Agnolo; Florence, 1486 - 1530) greatest masterpieces is known, the Madonna of the Harpies, a panel more than two meters high that is kept in the Uffizi and is placed at ...
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