art history

February 17, 2017
Italian painter and draughtsman Giuliano Bugiardini died on 17 February 1554.

February 14, 2017
Catching up with Cupid – Happy Valentine’s Day from the Italian Art Society!

February 12, 2017
Mario Mafai, who with his wife Antonietta Raphaël was one of the central figures of a group of artists called the Scuola di Via Cavour, was born 12 February 1902 in Rome, where he lived and worked for much of his life until his death there in 1965.

February 5, 2017
The feast day of St. Agatha (231-251) is celebrated on 5 February.

February 1, 2017
POST-IT: RECONSIDERING THE POSTMODERN IN ITALIAN ART AND PERFORMANCE STUDY DAY 13-14 February Center for Italian Modern Art and the Italian Art Society Join us!

January 22, 2017
The joint feast day of Saint Vincent of Saragossa, executed by Roman Emperor Diocletian in 304, and Saint Anastasius of Persia, a Christian convert killed in 628, is celebrated on 22 January.

January 20, 2017
Today, 21 January, is the feast day of St. Agnes, celebrated on the anniversary of her martyrdom in 304.

January 14, 2017
The British Museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759.

January 13, 2017
REMINDER: EIGHTH ANNUAL IAS/KRESS LECTURE PROPOSALS DUE 15 JANUARY The Italian Art Society seeks a speaker for the 2017 IAS/Kress Lecture in Bologna, Italy , to promote intellectual exchange between North American art historians and scholars in Italy.

January 13, 2017
Today (13 January) is the traditional Feast of the Baptism of Christ, though it is now typically observed on the first Sunday after Epiphany (in 2016 it was celebrated on January 10 ).