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Ferrara's chained bear: possible hypotheses about its meaning

Ferrara's chained bear: possible hypotheses about its meaning

Beyond the attributive proposals and the possible destination of the panels, the fierce chained bear in the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Ferrara remains an extremely eloquent and fascinating element, whose enigmatic nature sums up the mystery that still s...
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A major exhibition on the 16th century in Ferrara, at the Palazzo dei Diamanti

A major exhibition on the 16th century in Ferrara, at the Palazzo dei Diamanti

In Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti is hosting a major new exhibition in the series dedicated to the Ferrara Renaissance. It is entitled The Sixteenth Century in Ferrara. Mazzolino, Ortolano, Garofalo, Dosso and is curated by Vittorio Sgarbi and Michele...
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Why is there a bear chained to the palace of a Renaissance city?

Why is there a bear chained to the palace of a Renaissance city?

A chained bear, tied to the facade of an elegant marble building. Standing upright on its hind legs, aggressive, in the act of attacking. The snout of the animal that is unhappy with that condition, with the chain that holds him there, attached to th...
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When a box set is a Wunderkammer wonder. What the Mirabilia Estensi exhibition in Ferrara looks like.

When a box set is a Wunderkammer wonder. What the Mirabilia Estensi exhibition in Ferrara looks like.

The record belongs to Julius von Schlosser, a distinguished pioneer of the Viennese school of art history: he was the first to take an interest, and to do so with a systematic measure, in the historiated caskets produced in the fifteenth century by t...
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Rescue from flood of 15 thousand books on display at Ferrara castle

Rescue from flood of 15 thousand books on display at Ferrara castle

The exhibition Sommersi Salvati (Sunken Saved ) by photographer Silvia Camporesi opens from January 27 to March 17, 2024, in the Sala dei Comuni of the Estense Castle in Ferrara. The exhibition is organized by several institutions: the Bishop's Semin...
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Ferrara, Estense Hall, former court chapel, reopens after redevelopment work

Ferrara, Estense Hall, former court chapel, reopens after redevelopment work

Reopened, at the end of complex upgrading, accessibility enhancement, plant renewal, with the introduction of air conditioning, and energy efficiency (thanks to which savings of about 30 percent are expected), the Estense Hall in Ferrara. The total i...
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Ferrara, excavations at Este delizia in Belfiore reveal ancient basin with hydraulic pipeline

Ferrara, excavations at Este delizia in Belfiore reveal ancient basin with hydraulic pipeline

As part of excavations in the archaeological area of theancient Este delizia of Belfiore, anancient hydraulic basin made with mortar and earthenware and connected to an ancient hydraulic pipeline with glazed terracotta 'tubuli' to give impermeability...
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Arrigo Minerbi Sculptor. Between Ferrara and the Italian culture of the early twentieth century.

Arrigo Minerbi Sculptor. Between Ferrara and the Italian culture of the early twentieth century.

From Saturday, July 8, the cool noble halls of Ferrara's Castello Estense welcome visitors to the superb exhibition dedicated to Arrigo Minerbi (Ferrara, 1881 - Padua, 1960), a distinguished prince of early 20th-century Italian sculpture and a person...
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