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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 18, 2025
Caravaggio’s Denial of St. Peter commemorates the dramatic predawn Holy Friday event of the apostle’s denial of Jesus.

April 18, 2025
Today is Good Friday, the anniversary of Jesus’ death on the cross.

April 18, 2025
The Events of Good Friday Depicted in Italian Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art

April 17, 2025
The First Holy Thursday: A Momentous Day and Night.

April 17, 2025
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 .

Flora

March 20, 2025
Happy First Day of Spring!

March 9, 2025
Saint Catherine of Bologna

March 4, 2025
Martedì Grasso

June 20, 2024
Allegories of Summer in Italian Art

June 10, 2024
Winner of the IAS/Samuel H. Kress Foundation International Conference Travel Grant 2024

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