A new addition to the exhibition dedicated to Guercino (Cento, 1591 - Bologna, 1666), entitled Guercino. The Painter's Craft scheduled in the Sale Chiablese of Turin's Royal Museums from March 23 to July 28, 2024, produced by CoopCulture with Villagg...
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This beautiful painting preserved at the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana (fig. 1) was part of Cardinal Federico Borromeo 's Collection and is first described in a notarial deed of 1607: "A painting one arm's length, and three quarters of an inch in height, whe...
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There is also an unpublished work at the exhibition on Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni, active in Siena from 1423 to 1450) being held in Massa Marittima, at the Museo di San Pietro all'Orto, from March 15 to July 14, 2024. In fact, a new work by the Si...
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The mythological figure of the Gorgon has ancient roots. Its term comes from the ancient Greek gorgós, meaning terrible or even horrible. According to Hesiod, in his Theogony, the three Gorgons are daughters of Phorcus and Ceto. Depicted with ...
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From March 20 to September 8, 2024, Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence will host in its exhibition halls the exhibition The Enchantment of Orpheus. In the Art of All Times. From Titian to the Contemporary, curated by Sergio Risaliti and Valentina Zu...
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The maintenance and conservation overhaul that affected the frescoes of the Legend of the True Cross by Piero della Francesca, a Renaissance masterpiece that adorns the Bacci Chapel of the Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo, has been completed. As o...
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Thanks to the donation of a Cortonese patron who has chosen to remain anonymous, it will be possible to restore Beato Angelico 's lunette from the pediment of the church of San Domenico in Cortona. This lunette and theAnnunciation housed in the Museo...
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The roads along the Tuscan territory, those traced by the Etruscans, do not heavily modify nature, but rather go along with it, delicately following its boundaries, and gracefully fit into a landscape cradled in the past that, only at times and for a...
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