Rome

March 20, 2023
At midday on the Spring Equinox, light streams in through the twenty-seven foot diameter oculus of the Pantheon and aligns perfectly with the doorway.

July 8, 2020
Artemisia Gentileschi was born on July 8, 1593, in Rome and is one of the most distinguished artists of her generation.

June 1, 2019
On this day in 1516, Florentine painter Biagio d’Antonio dei Tucci died.

May 18, 2019
On May 18, 1610, the prolific artist, engraver, and draftsman Stefano della Bella (1610-1664) was born in Florence.

May 2, 2019
On the Tercentenary of the Death of Pierre Le Gros Pierre Le Gros died 300 years ago on 3 May 1719 in Rome where he had been a pre-eminent sculptor.

April 11, 2019
Architect Donato Bramante died on 11 April 1514 in Rome.

March 17, 2019
Modernist architect, Adalberto Libera, died on March 17, 1963.

March 6, 2019
Architect Guarino Guarini died on 6 March 1683 in Milan at age 59.

February 3, 2019
The architect, Giovanni Battista Vaccarini, who played a central role in rebuilding Catania, Sicily after the devastating 1693 earthquake, was born on February 3, 1702 in Palermo.

January 20, 2019
January 20th is recognized as the Feast Day of Saint Sebastian.