Fresco

July 17, 2018
In the thirteenth century, additional scenes and notable alterations were made to the iconography of Jesus’ Passion narrative, which had hitherto been fairly standard in the medieval world; stylistic variations had been the greatest discrepancy between various cycles.

May 9, 2018
Begun in 1278, Pisa’s Monumental Cemetery, the Camposanto, is one of the city’s most important historical sites.

January 27, 2018
Milanese painter and art theorist Gian Paolo Lomazzo died on 27 January 1592.

January 20, 2018
On January 20, 1589, Stefano Amadei was born in Perugia, and he died on the same day in 1644.

January 15, 2018
Renaissance architect, painter, and stage designer Baldassare Peruzzi was born on 15 January 1481 in Ancaiano, near Siena.

January 9, 2018
Although much of what remains from medieval Italy is found within the superficial built environment, most notably the plethora of extant basilicas across the peninsula, the town of Massafra in the Salento region houses distinct domestic and ecclesiastic spaces.

January 8, 2018
Giotto di Bondone died on 8 January 1337 in Florence.

December 30, 2017
During the summer of 2017, while cleaning The Vatican Museum’s Hall of Constantine, conservators discovered two Raphael paintings within the fresco.

December 19, 2017
In the Forum Romanum, the fifth-century church Santa Maria Antiqua houses the only extant example in Rome of the Maria Regina wearing the loros , a significant garment that distinguished imperial figures.

December 11, 2017
Bernardino Pinturicchio Died on 11 December 1513 in Siena.