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Fresco in the Sala degli Elementi in Palazzo Vecchio

Stunning Sala degli Elementi in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio Reopens After Restoration

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 09/24/2019 - 00:00

After a two-year restoration work, the Sala degli Elementi, on the second floor of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, has reopened to the public. The Sala degli…

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In Venice, Following in the Footsteps of Tintoretto

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 09/06/2019 - 04:22

Tintoretto was one of the leading painters in Venice between the 15th and 16th centuries – he spent almost his entire life in Venice, where he was born in 1518…

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Uffizi director Eike Schmidt holds copy of painting stolen during World War II

Painting Stolen During World War II Must Be Returned to Italy, Says Uffizi Director

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 01/17/2019 - 03:00

Uffizi Gallery director Eike Schmidt is urging Germany to return an 18th-century painting stolen by the Nazis in the Second World War to Italy. The oil…

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Leonardo’s ‘Adoration of the Magi’ Back at Uffizi After Six-Year Restoration

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 03/28/2017 - 10:20

It took six years to complete, but the result was worth the wait: the painstaking restoration of Leonardo’s unfinished Adoration of the Magi by Opificio delle…

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The Renaissance in Venice Through Five Seminal Artists

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 02/23/2017 - 06:00

Giovanni and Gentile Bellini, Tintoretto, Tiziano, Paolo Veronese, Cima da Conegliano, Taddeo Zuccari, Vittore Carpaccio, Giorgione, Lorenzo Lotto…the quantity…

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Caravaggio’s Rome: An Itinerary in the Footsteps of a Visionary Artist

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 04/29/2016 - 03:25

Michelangelo Merisi, better known as Caravaggio, from the name of the town near Milan where he was born, was one of Italy’s most influential painters between…

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This May Be the Most Curious Exhibition on Still Life You’ll See

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 02/10/2016 - 00:00

Ancient truffles, huge pumpkins and watermelons, strange cauliflower, big apricots, giant citron lemons, fava beans, sheaves of wheat, grape bunches, pears,…

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Giorgione's Nativity Masterpiece

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 12/21/2015 - 09:00

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Discover Milan's Christmas Gift to the City

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 12/02/2015 - 02:00

[Image: Peter Paul Rubens. Adorazione dei pastori, 1608, Fermo, Pinacoteca Civica. Photo: Daniele Maiani.] Milan’s Christmas gift to the city’s residents and…

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A Little-Known Artistic Jewel in the Heart of Rome

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 09/23/2015 - 00:00

[Image: Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne, fresco from 'The Love of the Gods', Annibale Carracci, 1595-1605.] The Galleria Carracci, a monumental fresco…