This Day in History

June 23, 2019
Happy Birthday to the sculptor, jeweler, and stage designer Arnaldo Pomodoro!

June 17, 2019
Livio Agresti and Forlivese Mannerism

June 16, 2019
Filippo Juvarra is believed to have been born on June 16, 1678 in Messina; his father was a silversmith whose approach to applied art and decoration likely influenced his son’s architectural ornamentation.

June 7, 2019
Happy Birthday Federico da Montefeltro!

June 3, 2019
The Fairytale Castello Rocchetta Mattei and Its Creator

June 1, 2019
On this day in 1516, Florentine painter Biagio d’Antonio dei Tucci died.

May 27, 2019
The five days of celebrations for the marriage of Costanzo Sforza and Camilla d’Aragona began on May 26, 1475 with the entry of the bride into the city of Pesaro from Fano along the 6-mile, tree-lined avenue Costanzo had ordered built for the occasion.

May 26, 2019
Vincenzo Danti, the author of the Trattato delle perfette proporzioni (1567) , died on May 26, 1576.

May 25, 2019
Painter Carlo Dolci was born on 25 May 1616 in his native Florence.

May 23, 2019
Italian sculptor, painter, caricaturist, and author Adriano Cecioni died on 23 May 1886 in Florence.