Leonardo da Vinci - Finestre sull'Arte

A fresh look at some famous paintings by Leonardo da Vinci. Martin Kemp's lecture

Leonardo da Vinci is a "painter of light." This is how art historian Professor Martin Kemp, a longtime lecturer at Oxford University and one of the foremost experts on the great Tuscan artist, defined him during a lecture entitled Leonardo da Vinci....
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Giovanni Bellini's Baptism in Vicenza, a watershed between two eras

It all began with a pilgrimage. In the Jubilee year 1500, Battista Graziani, known as Garzadori, traveled to the Holy Land and, having arrived on the banks of the Jordan River, vowed to build a shrine, dedicating it to the saint who baptized Christ i...
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Leonardo da Vinci in Livorno? A disappointing, modest and unstructured exhibition

Needless to get around it: they have a problem with exhibitions in Livorno . After last year's lousy Banksy show , a laughable parade of twenty-six multiples by the British street artist that replicated a format already seen and revised far and wide ...
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Martin Kemp: Leonardo da Vinci fascinates us because he went beyond convention

Last Feb. 15, the Leonardo3 Museum in Milan opened a new interactive wall that brings together, on a large screen, all of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings, which can be viewed and explored in depth. For theoccasion, Professor Martin Kemp, a British art ...
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Turin, Italy, Leonardo's Self-Portrait is shown in a dedicated exhibition

In Turin , the Royal Library's appointment with Leonardo da Vinci 's drawings is renewed. From March 28 to June 30, 2024, as part of the event A tu per tu con Leonardo, the Royal Library of Turin is in fact offering a new opportunity to immerse onese...
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The Santini Codex, a treasure of the Urbino Renaissance, will be auctioned off

On the 50th anniversary of its founding, Il Ponte Auction House presents a valuable historical document of the Italian Renaissance: the Santini Codex. The 15th-century Urbino manuscript, which became cultural heritage by the Italian state in 2012, wi...
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Livorno, here's the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition: 15 sheets on display

Details of the exhibition on Leonardo da Vinci to be held in Livorno at the Museo della Città from December 20, 2023 to April 1, 2024, of which we anticipated a few days ago, have been released. Promoted and organized by the City of Livorno to...
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Leonardo's Last Supper tour will be revamped thanks to major donation

Thanks to a €800,000 donation from Investindustrial Foundation, it will be possible to start a radical transformation of the access route to the Cenacolo Vinciano, making the visiting experience much easier and more complete. This was announced...
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