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The National Art Gallery in Bologna is once again hosting an exhibition of sculpted portraits of the great masters

The National Art Gallery in Bologna is once again hosting an exhibition of sculpted portraits of the great masters

The National Art Gallery of Bologna is reclaiming a significant part of its history by bringing back to the exhibition halls some of the most important sculptures stored in the museum’s vaults. After years spent off the public view for conserva...
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When Sodoma Looked to Mantegna: The Lamentation of the Young Man from Piedmont

When Sodoma Looked to Mantegna: The Lamentation of the Young Man from Piedmont

The career of Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, better known as Sodoma (Vercelli, 1477 – Siena, 1549) is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating and complex chapters of the High Renaissance, that transitional period between the 15th and 16th centuries, a...
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Lerici, work discovered that rewrites the iconographic history of the city. On display.

Lerici, work discovered that rewrites the iconographic history of the city. On display.

A painting believed lost for centuries unexpectedly resurfaced on the art market and is now back on public view through an exhibition dedicated to the visual history of Lerici. It is around this extraordinary discovery that The Rediscovered Painting ...
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The Ark of St. Augustine in Pavia, a masterpiece of Italian Gothic sculpture

The Ark of St. Augustine in Pavia, a masterpiece of Italian Gothic sculpture

Located in Pavia, inside the basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, is one of the pinnacles of Italian Gothic sculpture: theArk of St. Augustine. This imposing cenotaph (i.e., a funerary monument not intended to hold the remains of the deceased, as it...
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Restoration of Milan Cathedral's tiburium completed after eighteen years of work

Restoration of Milan Cathedral's tiburium completed after eighteen years of work

After eighteen years of interventions, the restoration of the tiburium of Milan Cathedral has been completed, a crucial step in the long conservation program involving the Milanese cathedral. The completion of the work marks an important phase for th...
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A calendar of stone: the cycle of months in Lucca Cathedral

A calendar of stone: the cycle of months in Lucca Cathedral

A calendar carved in stone that accompanies visitors along the succession of the seasons, telling the story of man's work, his relationship with nature and the passage of time. It is the cycle of the Months that decorates the frieze arranged on the p...
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The Holy Face returns to the Tempietto of Lucca Cathedral after restoration

The Holy Face returns to the Tempietto of Lucca Cathedral after restoration

TheEnte Chiesa Cattedrale di Lucca has announced the permanent relocation of the Holy Face to its Tempietto inside the Cathedral of San Martino in Lucca. The move follows a restoration that restored the wooden crucifix to its appearance attested betw...
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It is not true that this Madonna went abroad because of a 3 mistaken for an 8

It is not true that this Madonna went abroad because of a 3 mistaken for an 8

The whole story of the thirteenth-century Madonna by the Master of the Baptistery of Parma that ended up abroad has become, in my view, a textbook case of misinformation, based in this case on a curious mixture of the two typical elements of misinfor...
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