italian art

March 28, 2018
Baccio della Porta, known as Fra Bartolommeo, was born on 28 March 1472 in Florence.

March 25, 2018
Novalis, the poet, naturalist, mystic, philosopher, and founder of Romanticism died 25 March 1801.

March 18, 2018
Art critic, designer, and philosopher Gillo Dorfles died 2 March 2018 at age 107, after having worked in fields as diverse as medicine, architecture, music, and fashion.

March 14, 2018
Giuseppe Maria Crespi was born 14 March 1665 in Bologna.

March 11, 2018
On 11 March 222, the teenage Roman Emperor Elagabalus was assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, the first woman accorded the official title of Augusta in the Roman Senate.

March 4, 2018
Fra’ Galgario, born Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi (Fra’ Vittore del Galgario) was born 4 March 1655.

February 27, 2018
Sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and printmaker Marino Marini was born 27 February 1901 in Pistoia.

February 25, 2018
When Roman Emperor Hadrian died on 10 July 138, he left, as did his predecessors, an adopted son as his successor, Antoninus Pius.

February 18, 2018
As Perseus and Andromeda Rise, Medusa is the Star For stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere, the constellations of Perseus and Andromeda reach ascendance on 18 February, and are easy to see high overhead during the spring.

February 12, 2018
Closes today: Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman & Designer Only a few days remain to visit the remarkable exhibition, “ Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman & Designer ,” on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York until 12 February 2018.