art history

August 7, 2016
New Book Release: After Caravaggio by Michael Fried Last month witnessed the release of the latest book by scholar Michael Fried.

August 7, 2016
The third son of Constantine I, Flavius Julius Constantius II was born in Illyricum on 7 August 317.

August 4, 2016
August 4th is the feast day of St Dominic of Guzmán, who was born in 1170 in a Castilian aristocratic family.

August 1, 2016
Giovanni Santi , father of the artist Raphael , died on 1 August 1494 in Urbino .

July 31, 2016
Renovation Begins for Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art , the London home of major works of Italian Futurism and Modernism, closes 31 July for architectural repairs and an updating of its gardens and entrance area.

July 30, 2016
Mercury Rising: The “Berthouville Treasure” in Kansas City July 2016 saw the opening of “ Luxury: Treasures of the Roman Empire ” at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri.

July 29, 2016
The Florentine painter Pesellino died on 29 July 1457.

July 29, 2016
Italian sculptor Giovanni Battista Maini died on 29 July 1752 in Rome at age 62.

July 29, 2016
On 29 July 1580, Francesco di Lorenzo Mochi was born in Montevarchi.

July 29, 2016
The Futurist poet and painter Francesco Cangiullo died on this day, 29 July 1977.