June 25, 2014
On this day in 1504, Sodoma completed his fresco project for the refectory (monastic dining room) of Santa Anna in Camprena, an Olivetan convent near the Tuscan town of Pienza.

June 24, 2014
Word of the day: luccicare (Italian)

June 23, 2014
CFP: ROME REVISITED — 1948-1964

American Academy in Rome, 15 January – 12 March 2015. Understood chiefly as the stark backdrop for neorealist cinema or […]

June 23, 2014
CFP: ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI

CFP: ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI. INTERPRETING NEW EVIDENCE, ASSESSING NEW ATTRIBUTIONS 7 May 2015, Florence, Italy. The 3rd annual Jane Fortune Conference […]

June 22, 2014
Word of the day: amaro (Italian)

June 22, 2014
thegetty : Prep for a Roman meal served up in A.D. 50.

June 20, 2014
Incredible photos of WWII destruction at Rimini.

June 19, 2014
Starting today, Abbot and Holder Ltd .

June 15, 2014
Lisa Gherardini (aka Mona Lisa), the wife of Florentine cloth merchant Francesco del Giocondo, was born on this day in 1479 in Florence.

June 14, 2014
CFP: BRAMANTINO

CFP: BRAMANTINO AND THE FRENCH RULE IN RENAISSANCE LOMBARDY (1499-1522) 6-7 November 2014, Lugano. From 28 September 2014 to 11 January […]