Pisa - Finestre sull'Arte

The Museo delle Sinopie in Pisa: journey into a unique heritage

There are stories that emerge through tragedy and images that surface only when the material covering them is forcefully ripped away. Such is the case with the sinopias of Pisa's Monumental Cemetery: works that were never meant to appear, and which t...
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Because innovation is written in Pisa's DNA

There is a thread that runs through the centuries and binds Pisa and its entire territory to a key concept of modernity:innovation. This is no accident or recent phenomenon: Pisa has always been, since ancient times, a laboratory of ideas, experiment...
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Clio, the enigmatic muse of Artemisia Gentileschi's story.

One of the few works by Artemisia Gentileschi (Rome, 1593 - Naples, c. 1656) to be found in Pisa, the city of origin of the painter's family, Clio, muse of history, a work executed in 1632 in Naples and now housed in the Palazzo Blu in Pisa, is not, ...
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A novel technique in the history of mosaics: the Annunciation in Pisa Cathedral

Entering Pisa Cathedral through the main door, we are greeted by the large apsidal mosaic that stands out imposingly at the end of the nave. In the center, Christ Pantocrator by Francesco da Pisa stands out, while on the right we find the figure of S...
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The Domus Mazziniana in Pisa, a place of memory of the Risorgimento

The Domus Mazziniana, set in the historic heart of Pisa, can be considered a monument of extraordinary historical and cultural significance. Heir to the Rosselli-Nathan House, the last home of Giuseppe Mazzini, where the patriot drew his last breath ...
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The Pacinotti Fund, a heritage of science and innovation at the Museum of Physics Instruments in Pisa

The Museum of Physics Instruments at the University of Pisa is one of the most prestigious institutions in Italy for the preservation and study of the history of science and physics. It is here that a unique and valuable core collection is preserved ...
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Stories of disease and care in the Museum of Pathological and Paleopathological Anatomy of Pisa

"If [...] rare affections of Viscera, or of Parts, morbid concretions, etc., are encountered, these pathological pieces shall be scrupulously collected, and prepared for preservation for the instruction of Physicians, and Surgeons. Thus, for example,...
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Pietro Giarrè in the Charterhouse of Calci: a continuous dialogue between painting, sculpture and architecture

The Carthusian Monastery of Calci, also known as "Certosa di Pisa," is a former Carthusian monastery with a sumptuous structure located in the Val Graziosa, a plain lying between the Pisan mountains. The building owes itself to continuous remodeling ...
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