art history

August 28, 2016
The 28th of August is the Feast Day of St. augustine of Hippo (354-430), from whom several Roman Catholic and Anglican orders take their name.

August 28, 2016
Etruscan Inscription Reveals Name of Primary Goddess

August 26, 2016
Chair of architecture at the University of Palermo, Ernesto Basile died on 26 August 1932.

August 25, 2016
Andrea di Cione, known as Orcagna, died in Florence on or around 25 August 1368

August 19, 2016
A Warm IAS Welcome in Bruges!

August 19, 2016
The end of the first Roman Emperor: Augustus died 19 August in 14 CE.

August 18, 2016
Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo died in Genoa on 18 August 1638.

August 14, 2016
Fragments of brightly-painted Roman frescoes have been discovered in Zippori National Park in Israel by a team from the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .

August 11, 2016
Lavinia Fontana died on 11 August 1614 in Rome.

August 7, 2016
Sculptor Pompeo Marchesi was born 7 August 1783 in Saltrio.