art history

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

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 .

March 20, 2025
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.

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).

June 23, 2019
Santa Maria del Gradaro in Mantua: from Medieval church to site of a Fascist concentration camp

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

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