Blog
Since July 2013, The Italian Art Society has published IASblog to offer news and notes on Italian art and architecture from prehistory to the present day as a complement to our website. IASblog aims for a general audience as well as specialists on Italian art. Submissions are encouraged.
February 15, 2021
Acroterion

December 1, 2020
The First Nativity of Saint Francis of Assisi

October 12, 2020
Today is Columbus Day, a national holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas in 1492.

September 14, 2020
On this day (14 September) in 81 A.D., Domitian became Roman Emperor.

September 13, 2020
On this day (13 September) in 1470, the Badia of Florence acquired a new artwork by the Tuscan sculptor, Mino da Fiesole (Mino di Giovanni).

September 8, 2020
On this day (8 September) in 1474 the Italian poet, Ludovico Ariosto was born in Reggio Emilia in the Duchy of Modena.

August 20, 2020
On this day (20 August) in 1995, Ugo Eugenio Pratt (known as Hugo Pratt), the comic book artist and illustrator, died in Grandvaux, Switzerland.