September 21, 2015
guardian : Priest creates St Peter’s basilica out of 500,000 Legos for pope’s US visit | See full gallery A Lego model of St Peter’s Basilica has gone on display in Philadelphia, which Pope Francis is scheduled to visit as part of his visit to the US.

September 19, 2015
The 19th century religious painter Pietro Ivaldi , who died on this day in 1885, was born both deaf and dumb.

September 18, 2015
Realist painter Fausto Zonaro was born on this day in 1854.

September 17, 2015
17 September is the Feast Day of the Stigmatization of St. Francis .

September 15, 2015
500 (at least): the number of surviving drawings by Italian Modernist Amedeo Modigliani .

September 15, 2015
Today, 15 September, marks the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (Beatae Mariae Virginis Perdolentis).

September 14, 2015
Gianni Berengo Gardin’s series of photographs, “Monsters in Venice,” hauntingly captures the continuing confrontation between the tourist economy, as represented by huge cruise ships, and the protection of cultural patrimony.

September 12, 2015
“Raphael’s Collaborations” Symposium a Smashing Success Today’s symposium at the Worcester Art Museum (WAM), “ Raphael’s Collaborations ,” offered invigorating discussion by some of the leading scholars in the field of Raphael studies, including a compelling presentation by IAS President Sheryl Reiss on Raphael’s patronal networks in Florence in the early years of the 16th century.

“Raphael’s Collaborations” Symposium a Smashing Success Today’s symposium at the Worcester Art Museum (WAM), “ Raphael’s Collaborations ,” offered invigorating discussion by some of the leading scholars in the field of Raphael studies, including a compelling presentation by IAS President Sheryl Reiss on Raphael’s patronal networks in Florence in the early years of the 16th century.

September 10, 2015
philamuseum : Happy 125th birthday to Elsa Schiaparelli.

September 10, 2015
thegetty : In the Hellenistic period , artists were interested in more than just standard ideal figures.