art history

April 23, 2017
The Temple of Venus Eryx was dedicated on 23 April 215 BCE.

April 20, 2017
Leon Battista Alberti died on 20 April 1472 in Rome.

April 16, 2017
Though he had reigned only three months, Roman Emperor Marcus Salvius Otho had showed in this short time more wisdom and grace than anyone had expected when he committed suicide on 16 April 69 following defeat at the Battle of Bedriacum.

April 10, 2017
On 10 April 1500, Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, was captured by Swiss troops and handed over to French forces at Novara.

April 9, 2017
Poster art designer and painter Leonetto Cappiello was born 9 April 1875 in Livorno.

April 6, 2017
Raphael died in Rome on 6 April 1520, likely his thirty-seventh birthday (unless, in fact, he was born on 28 March).

April 3, 2017
Happy birthday Giuseppe Penone!

April 2, 2017
Charlemagne was born 2 April 742 in what was then the Frankish Kingdom and died there in January 814.

April 1, 2017
Architect and painter Ferdinando Sanfelice died in Naples on 1 April 1748.

March 29, 2017
IAS-SPONSORED SESSIONS AT RSA 2017 This year, IAS is pleased to sponsor the following five sessions at the upcoming 2017 Renaissance Society of America conference in Chicago.