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What's On: Italy-Related Exhibitions In The USA

by Carol King | Tue, 10/01/2013 - 07:00

In the picture: "Judith Slaying Holofernes" (c. 1620) by Artemisia Gentileschi A round up of some of the exhibitions in the USA featuring Italian arts and…

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Botticelli’s Annunciation Goes On Show In Jerusalem

by Carol King | Tue, 09/17/2013 - 06:30

Annunciation of San Martino alla Scala, 1481, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli’s masterpiece ‘The Annunciation of…

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Boccaccio: Medieval Poet, Man of Letters And Ideas

by Carol King | Mon, 09/09/2013 - 07:00

Above: "The Banquet in the Pine Forest" (1482/3) is the third painting in Sandro Botticelli's series "The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti", which illustrates…

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Medici Villas Added To UNESCO World Heritage Site List

by Carol King | Sun, 06/30/2013 - 14:20

UNESCO has inscribed Italy’s Medici Villas and Gardens to the World Heritage List. Twelve villas and two pleasure gardens in the Tuscan countryside make up…

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Getty Mounts Gardens Of The Renaissance Show

by Carol King | Mon, 05/27/2013 - 10:20

The Getty Centre in Los Angeles, California is mounting an exhibition dedicated to Renaissance gardens. Called ‘Gardens of the Renaissance’, the show explores…

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Romanino and the Sistine Chapel of the Poor

by Carol King | Wed, 01/30/2013 - 11:56

Carol King admires a magnificent fresco cycle by the Brescian painter who foreshadowed Caravaggio.Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City…

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Getty Museum Explores Art That Gave Rise To The Renaissance

by ITALY | Wed, 10/17/2012 - 03:49

The ‘Florence At The Dawn Of The Renaissance: Painting And Illumination, 1300-1350’ exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum  in Los Angeles opens on 13 November…

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Michelangelo's "David-Apollo" Causes Censorship Scandal in China

by Gabi Logan | Mon, 08/20/2012 - 00:45

When China's National Museum opened their year-long "Renaissance in Florence: Masterpieces and the Protagonists" exhibit, China Central Television's (CCTV)…

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Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter, a fresco by Perugino

So How Did the Renaissance Begin?

by John Bensalhia | Mon, 10/17/2011 - 08:22

John Bensalhia recalls the era of the High Renaissance and looks at the work and influence of some of the great artists of that period... The Renaissance: A…

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Newly Discovered da Vinci Could be Most Expensive Painting Ever

by Natalie Aldern | Mon, 07/04/2011 - 03:17

Touted as one of the most important artistic discoveries in the last century, a portrait recently attributed to Leonardo da Vinci could soon be the most…