Books - Finestre sull'Arte

Up for auction is the De Oratore illustrated by Bartolomeo Sanvito, a masterpiece of Renaissance miniature painting

A masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance is returning to the international market. Indeed, in May, at Pandolfini 's Milan headquarters, an extraordinary copy of Marcus Tullius Cicero's De Oratore, illuminated and calligraphed by Bartolomeo Sanvito (P...
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Call for small publishers, 5 million from MiC to support the book supply chain

A call for support vouchers for small publishers, a measure promoted by the MiC through the Center for Books and Reading and financed with a total allocation of 5 million euros, was presented today at the Ministry of Culture. The initiative is part o...
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Venice's Marciana Library welcomes the world's largest book, donated by Alberto Peruzzo

On Thursday, April 9, 2026, at 11 a.m., the Marciana National Library in Venice will receive as a gift the book Modern Art - Revolution and Painting, described as the largest, heaviest and most expensive in the world. The ceremony will take place in ...
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Italians and grammar, nearly 7 in 10 make mistakes: from apostrophe to subjunctive

The Italian language, a symbol of national identity and cultural heritage, today shows widespread signs of fragility among Italians. Nearly seven out of ten citizens, according to a survey conducted by Libreriamo on about 1,600 people between the age...
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Untitled: why so many artists do not name their works. A book by Chiara Ianeselli

Simple, impersonal, silent, even obvious. Yet behind the Untitled title of a great many works of art-most of them, titling being a fairly recent invention-flies the banner of a quest that has proudly set itself free from the dominance of words, from ...
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Piero della Francesca re-read by Adolfo Venturi: republished classic of criticism

Succedeoggi Libri has republished in its entirety the essay that Adolfo Venturi (1856-1941) dedicated in 1922 to Piero della Francesca, offering contemporary readers a rare opportunity for direct confrontation with one of the fundamental texts of Ita...
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In Parma, Stefano Arienti's manipulated books exhibition at Palazzo Marchi

From October 19 to December 14, 2025 Palazzo Marchi in Parma, hosts Coltivazioni erbacee, the solo exhibition of Stefano Arienti (Asola, 1961) curated by Elena Bray. The exhibition represents the first extensive retrospective devoted to manipulated b...
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University of Modena's historical collection at the center of an unpublished catalog

TheUniversity of Modena and Reggio Emilia opens a new window on its scientific history through the publication of the volume Tesori modenesi ritrovati (Rediscovered Modena Treasures), catalog of the exhibition scheduled from Oct. 4 to Dec. 21, 2025, ...
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