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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.

April 7, 2023
Today is Good Friday, the anniversary of Jesus’ death on the cross.

April 7, 2023
The Events of Good Friday Depicted in Italian Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art

April 6, 2023
The First Holy Thursday: A Momentous Day and Night.

April 6, 2023
Today is Holy, or Maundy, Thursday, when Jesus washed his disciples’ feet in an act of humility that is seen as a reminder of the cleansing waters of Baptism and a foreshadowing of the purification brought by the Crucifixion .

March 20, 2023
At midday on the Spring Equinox, light streams in through the twenty-seven foot diameter oculus of the Pantheon and aligns perfectly with the doorway.

February 21, 2023
Last chance to catch your carri di Carnevale: 1 March 2022 serves as “Martedì Grasso,” otherwise known as “Mardi Gras,” “Fat Tuesday,” or, from an ecclesiastical perspective, “Shrove Tuesday,” the last day before “Ash Wednesday” and the beginning of Lent.

Leopoldo Metlicovitz fleurs-de-mousse

January 19, 2023
Leopoldo Metlicovitz’s Poster Art

December 21, 2022
Allegories of Winter in Italian Art

December 19, 2022
Call For Proposals – 12th Annual IAS/Kress Lecture

November 24, 2022
Happy Thanksgiving!

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