art history

April 1, 2024
The Monday following Easter Sunday is a religious holiday in Italy.

March 31, 2024
Happy Easter (Buona Pasqua) from the Italian Art Society!

March 29, 2024
Caravaggio’s Denial of St. Peter commemorates the dramatic predawn Holy Friday event of the apostle’s denial of Jesus.

March 29, 2024
Today is Good Friday, the anniversary of Jesus’ death on the cross.

March 19, 2024
Happy First Day of Spring!

December 26, 2023
Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai was born in Florence on December 26, 1403

February 14, 2022
Call for Contributors: The Italian Art Society Seeks Staff Blog Writers

The Italian Art Society’s IASblog seeks applications for staff writers to contribute regular features for the 2019-2020 term.

March 28, 2021
Today is Palm Sunday, or Passion Sunday, when Western Christians celebrate Jesus’ Entry into Jerusalem.

December 2, 2020
Leading Designer Achille Castiglioni Died in Milan on 2 December 2002.

January 10, 2020
CFA: Raubkunst at the Ringling: A Catalogue in Absentia

A researcher and writer is being sought to investigate the provenance of a quartet of quirkily shaped, sized, and framed 18th Century oil paintings associated with the work of Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754).