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WEBMilan, M77 gallery dedicates an exhibition to Giosetta Fioroni with 50 worksq. 01/10/2024, 15:06:49. Archaeology. A precious Etruscan ivory stool is being restored in Bologna. Two-day construction site open to the public. 01/10/2024, 11:15:26. Exhibitions.
Finestre sull'Arte - Rivista online d'Arte Antica e Contemporanea
WEBFinestre sull'Arte è una rivista d'arte antica e contemporanea. Recensioni di mostre, notizie, articoli, opinioni sull'arte.
The "Domus" of Palazzo Grimani, one of the most spectacular …
WEBDec 27, 2021 · One of the most extraordinary wonders of Venice is located, as is often the case in the lagoon city, in a secluded, almost hidden position: in fact, Palazzo Grimani, the residence of one of the families that most affected the history of Venice, can be reached by walking down an alley, ramo Grimani, that starts from the narrow Giuffa wrinkle just before the bridge that leads directly into the ...
Florence, Brancacci Chapel restoration finished - Finestre sull'Arte
WEBMay 28, 2024 · The Brancacci Chapel - which during the restoration remained open at all times, by reservation, to limited groups of visitors accompanied by MUS mediators.E mediators - has finally returned to its regular public opening hours and can be visited on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m.
The 1401 competition that changed art history: the challenge …
WEBAug 28, 2021 · The only two panels of the competition that have remained to us are precisely those of Ghiberti and Brunelleschi: the comparison between the two artists’ evidence is mentioned in any art history textbook, because it is the moment of a clash between two different eras, with Ghiberti’s work still tied to the late Gothic taste and Brunelleschi’s being the sculpture that, at least according ...
Ten Renaissance masterpieces commissioned directly by Lorenzo …
WEBDec 12, 2019 · 5. Verrocchio, Incredulity of Saint Thomas. The Incredulity ofSt. Thomas, a masterpiece by Verrocchio (Andrea di Michele di Francesco di Cione; Florence, 1435 - Venice, 1488), is the first, important public sculpture whose creation can be traced to Lorenzo the Magnificent.Officially, Verrocchio received the commission from the Arte di Calimala (the merchants’ guild), which would have ...
Michelangelo Buonarroti: life, works, masterpieces - Finestre sull'Arte
WEBThe great masterpieces: the David, the Tondo Doni, the Sistine Chapel, the Bandini Pietà. When people think of a model of perfection and masculine beauty, they probably think of Michelangelo’s David: commissioned in 1501, it was finished in 1504, and proved to be an imposing work, four meters in height.The body of the David, despite its youthful features, is made an expression of strength ...
Brunelleschi's dome that stunned the world: history of the …
WEBJul 8, 2020 · It begins with a breakfast of bread, melon and wine, on August 7, 1420, the story of one of the greatest masterpieces in human history: the Dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, the masterpiece of Filippo Brunelleschi (Florence, 1377 - 1446), the father of the Renaissance in architecture. Indeed, in a document regarding payments, drawn up at the Opera di Santa Maria del ...
Pericle Fazzini's works return to Rome after 30 years. For the 110th ...
WEBFeb 22, 2023 · The works of Pericle Fazzini, "the sculptor of the wind," as Giuseppe Ungaretti called him, return to the exhibition in Rome after 30 years, on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the artist’s birth. The exhibition traces the entire creative life of the master from the Marche region, through small and large-scale sculptures - including ...
Amalfi Cathedral, the beautiful cathedral on the steps - Finestre …
WEBAug 15, 2023 · Walking through the streets of downtown Amalfi, one will be confronted by an imposing staircase that opens the view to the magniloquent cathedral, the Duomo di Amalfi, one of the treasures of the Amalfi Coast, a complex that includes two communicating basilicas, a lower crypt, the bell tower and the Cloister of Paradise.Built starting in the 9th century at the behest of Duke Manson I, the ...