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Andrea Pozzo's masterpiece: the Glory of St. Ignatius in Rome

The saint is above a cloud, borne in flight by a swarm of angels, moving over a sky that illusionistically breaks through the vault of the church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, in the heart of Rome: in front of him Jesus with the cross, in the corners th...
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That time Andy Warhol worked for Trump (who didn't pay him).

Theestablished artist and the rampant young millionaire. A figure who was already marking the history of art and one who would mark the history of finance and politics. A brief encounter, probably of little significance to either, but one that certai...
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If Jupiter paints butterflies: the magical painting by Dosso Dossi

Dosso Dossi had a boundless imagination: his whimsical, versatile, ingenious, imaginative flair is among the most celebrated in the history of art, and few in his era could come close to his visionary imagination. A myth, a literary text, a biblical ...
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Is there heat and eros behind op art? The case of Marina Apollonio

Behind the work of Marina Apollonio, a leading artist in internationaloptical and kinetic art, unimaginable hot urges stir. This is what Marianna Gelussi writes in her essay that opens the catalog of the exhibition Marina Apollonio. Beyond the Circle...
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Extraordinary Guercino. If a painter at age 60 in the 1600s continues to experiment.

The two Forli paintings discussed in this article can be seen at the exhibition Guercino, a New Look, in Cento, Church of San Lorenzo, from Sept. 21, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2025. During the nineteenth century, at two different times, two of the three larg...
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History of the restitutions to Italy of works requisitioned by Napoleon

On June 18, 1815, Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington at the end of a fierce confrontation that pitted France against the Seventh Coalition. In history, the Battle of Waterloo is considered one of the watershed events between different e...
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Macchiaioli patrons: who they were, how they supported the group

It is hard to imagine that the Macchiaioli would have been successful if there had not been a host of patrons behind them, not very numerous but nonetheless ready to support their art, either financially or through less direct support, for example by...
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Tradition and modernity: the Polyptych of Mercy by Piero della Francesca

On June 11, 1445, the ancient company of Santa Maria della Misericordia of Borgo San Sepolcro commissioned Piero della Francesca (Borgo San Sepolcro, c. 1412 - 1492) to paint a panel to be placed in the confraternity's church, obliging the artist to ...
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