June 14, 2016
Call for Papers 1: Early Modern Rome 3 (1341-1667) 5-7 October 2017 University of California, Rome Rome, Italy Early modern Rome was contradictory and complex; its vernacular and high culture animated and rich.

Call for Papers 1: Early Modern Rome 3 (1341-1667) 5-7 October 2017 University of California, Rome Rome, Italy Early modern Rome was contradictory and complex; its vernacular and high culture animated and rich.

June 13, 2016
Word of the Day: paideia

June 10, 2016
Check out the Getty’s video: “Almost Invisible: The Cartoon Transfer Process,” which explains and demonstrates the design transfer technique used by numerous Italian artists in the 15th and 16th centuries.

June 9, 2016
Born on this day – June 9 th – was Italian architect Marchese Luigi Cagnola , in 1762.

June 7, 2016
Indiana University Developing New Way to View Uffizi Sculptures The Indiana University Virtual World Heritage Laboratory has partnered with Florence’s Galleria degli Uffizi to render 3-D digital models of more than 1,200 sculptures currently held in the museum’s vast collection.

June 7, 2016
Closing Soon: “Aldus Manutius and the Renaissance in Venice” There are less than two weeks left to view the groundbreaking exhibition, “Aldus Manutius and the Renaissance in Venice,” currently on display at Venice’s Gallerie dell’Accademia.

June 5, 2016
The rise of Greek Sicily

June 3, 2016
Italian painter Bartolomeo Passarotti died on 3 June 1592 in Bologna.

June 2, 2016
Founder of the kinetic art movement “ Gruppo ENNE ”, Alberto Biasi was born on this day, June 2, 1937 in Padua.