August 19, 2017
Florentine painter Andrea di Bartolo di Simone, known as Andrea del Castagno, died suddenly 19 August 1457.

July 21, 2017
Gates of Paradise Go to Missouri Museum This week a bronze copy of Lorenzo Ghiberti’s “Gates of Paradise” arrived for installation at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

June 30, 2017
Florence is dominated by the silhouette of its cathedral dome.

May 5, 2017
Painter, architect and illuminator Giovannino de’ Grassi is first documented on 5 May 1389, when the Duomo of Milan bought a paintbrush for him.

September 16, 2016
Official protocol of the City of Orvieto, 16 September 1310, Archive of the Community of Orvieto, Deliberations of the Commune from 1310-1312, fol.

April 16, 2016
Filippo Brunelleschi died on 16 April 1446 in Florence.

March 11, 2016
Sir John Hawkwood (d. 1394) led Paduan forces against the Veronese at the Battle of Castagnaro, fought on 11 March 1387.

February 20, 2015
Sculpture in the Age of Donatello: Renaissance Masterpieces from Florence Cathedral opens 20 February 2015 at the Museum of Biblical Art , New York.

December 5, 2014
Do you Duomo?

October 25, 2014
‘Make a Joyful Noise’: Renaissance Art and Music from Florence Cathedral opens today at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

‘Make a Joyful Noise’: Renaissance Art and Music from Florence Cathedral opens today at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

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