art

May 29, 2018
On 29 May 1606, the great Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio killed Ranuccio Tommasoni in Rome.

May 28, 2018
Italian photographer, painter and designer Luigi Veronesi was born on 28 May 1908 in Milan.

May 27, 2018
Barbarian Burial Sheds Light on Legion’s Legends Roman writers and artists often made the “wild and savage” “barbarians” of Germania the subject of their historical reconstructions and commemorative stonework.

May 13, 2018
Real Italian Renaissance Fashion The Metropolitan Museum of Art ’s annual gala held this past weekend attracted quite a bit of outrage and attention for various haute couture interpretations of the theme ““Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” Much was made of the influence of painting upon the designs.

May 6, 2018
Sculptor Constantino Nivola, whose works are an integral part of many significant modern buildings, died 6 May 1988.

May 5, 2018
Sculptor Pietro Bernini was born on 5 May 1562 in Sesto Fiorentino.

May 2, 2018
Leonardo da Vinci died on 2 May 1519 in Amboise, France.

May 1, 2018
Call for Contributors: IASblog Staff Writers for 2018-2019 term

Call for Contributors: IASblog Staff Writers The Italian Art Society ’s IASblog seeks applications for staff writers to contribute regular features for the 2018-2019 term.

April 29, 2018
Lara Demori on Piero Manzoni and Umberto Eco’s The Open Work : Between Bodily Reification and the Spectacle.

April 19, 2018
Paolo Caliari, known as Veronese after his birthplace, died on 19 April 1588 in Venice, where he spent the majority of his career.