art history

October 9, 2016
On 9 October 768 Pope Stephen II saw Charlegmagne and Carloman I named kings of the Franks, paving the way for Charlegmagne’s eventual rise to emperor in 800.

October 9, 2016
3 + 3: Umberto Boccioni’s Stati d’animo In 1911 Umberto Boccioni made two versions of the same work, Stati d’animo : Gli addii , Quelli che vanno, and Quelli che restano .

October 7, 2016
Italo-Argentine artist Lucio Fontana died on 7 October 1968.

October 4, 2016
Representing the Law in the Most Serene Republic: Images of Authority from Renaissance Venice September 20 through December 15, 2016 Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School, New Haven The Venetian Republic, a prosperous and powerful state in Renaissance Europe, cultivated a mythical image of stability, liberty, and beauty.

Representing the Law in the Most Serene Republic: Images of Authority from Renaissance Venice September 20 through December 15, 2016 Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School, New Haven The Venetian Republic, a prosperous and powerful state in Renaissance Europe, cultivated a mythical image of stability, liberty, and beauty.

October 3, 2016
Sculptor Giulio Monteverde was born on 8 October 1837, in Bistagno, dying in Rome on 3 October 1917, just five days shy of his 80th birthday.

October 2, 2016
Saint Charles Borromeo was born 2 October 1538 in Milan, the city where he became Archbishop in 1564 and died in 1584.

September 30, 2016
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September 25, 2016
Rare Coin Bearing Likeness of Nero Found in Jerusalem A coin bearing the image of the Roman Emperor Nero is worth it weight in gold – and more – as its certain provenance provides rare insight into the distribution of and cultural value attached to the aureus .

September 22, 2016
Neo-Classical sculptor Ulisse Cambi was born in Florence on 22 September 1807.

September 18, 2016
Fortuna seemed to have a special interest in the fates of the imperial dynasties on 18 September.