italian art

February 11, 2018
Two young Roman emperors met untimely ends on 11 February, Britannicus in 55 and Gordian III in 244.

February 10, 2018
Francesco Hàyez was born in Venice on 10 February 1791.

February 7, 2018
Italian sculptor Giosuè Argenti was born 7 February 1819 Viggiù near Como.

February 6, 2018
Francesco di Lorenzo Mochi died on 6 February 1654 in Rome.

February 6, 2018
Call for Applications: IAS Conference Travel Grant for Modern Topics Eligible scholars must be: U.S. or foreign scholars holding a Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree Undertaking transoceanic travel Planning to present a paper in an IAS-sponsored session at any conference where the IAS is sponsoring a session on Italian art and architecture of the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries, such as: College Art Association (CAA), American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS), Society of Architectural Historians (SAH).

Call for Applications: IAS Conference Travel Grant for Modern Topics Eligible scholars must be: U.S. or foreign scholars holding a Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree Undertaking transoceanic travel Planning to present a paper in an IAS-sponsored session at any conference where the IAS is sponsoring a session on Italian art and architecture of the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries, such as: College Art Association (CAA), American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS), Society of Architectural Historians (SAH).

January 29, 2018
Italian painter and draughtsman Giuliano Bugiardini was born in Florence on 29 January 1475.

January 28, 2018
Much is in dispute about the history of The Etruscan School ( Scuola etrusca ), but 28 January 1883 was the day when the group of Italian and English landscape painters began a yearlong formal association in Rome.

January 28, 2018
Charlemagne died on 28 January 814.

January 25, 2018
Painter Pompeo Batoni was born on 25 January 1708 in Lucca.

January 21, 2018
First Etruscan Settlement Found in Sardinia An Etruscan settlement dating back to the Ninth Century BCE has been found on the Sardinian coasts near Olbia.