Martina Bollini

January 9, 2017
Victor Emmanuel II died on 9 January 1878.

January 9, 2017
Buffalmacco’s Last Judgment back in the Campo Santo in Pisa Following a new restoration, Buonamico Buffalmacco’s renown fresco has recently been placed back in the south gallery of the Campo Santo , where it was painted around 1336.

December 19, 2016
Italian painter Luigi Mussini was born in Berlin on 19 December 1813.

December 12, 2016
Italian architect Giancarlo De Carlo was born in Genoa, Liguria, on 12 December 1919.

November 21, 2016
Orlando Furioso 500 years in Ferrara What did Ludovico Ariosto see when he closed his eyes?

November 14, 2016
Rediscovered hand-drawn portraits in Vasari’s Lives As a result of a study conducted leafing through 85 copies of Giorgio Vasari’s Lives in Italy, USA, UK, France, Germany, Canada, Belgium, and Spain, the website ‘Letteratura artistica.

November 7, 2016
3: Triple portraits in Italian art Triple portraits, depicting the same subject from three different angles, were produced within the Renaissace debate about the relative merits of painting and sculpture, the so-called Paragone .

October 24, 2016
Today, 24 October, is the feast day of Saint Raphael the Archangel.

October 17, 2016
Italian painter Cristofano Allori was born on 17 October 1577 in Florence.

October 10, 2016
The Magi and their Florentine connections