The theft of the two panels by Antonello da Messina from the “Maria Accascina” Regional Museum in Messina—the MuMe—is not merely the theft of two priceless works of art. It is an incident that directly affects an essential part of Western...
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What do we know so far about the theft of Antonello da Messina’s panels from the “Maria Accascina” Regional Museum (MuMe) in Messina? Two panels were stolen from the museum: the central panel of the San Gregorio Polyptych, depicting the M...
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Correggio’s *Madonna of Saint Sebastian* (Antonio Allegri; Correggio, 1489–1534) was the focus of a comprehensive conservation and research project at the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden, where the painting is housed. The project focused o...
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On the Feast of the Assumption, new and surprising discoveries are drawing attention back tothe former church of Santa Maria delle Fortezze in Viterbo, formerly known as Santa Maria Annunziata and later as San Francesco di Paola. The church was built...
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In 1616, Pope Paul V Borghese officially bestowed an exceptional honor upon Marcello Provenzale, describing him—in the Rome of the nascent Baroque era—as the inventor of “a new style of mosaic-making that is quite different from and far more beautifu...
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Perhaps night did not enter the history of gardens late. It entered late into the history that we have written about gardens. The history of gardens has almost always been told in the light of day. From the sacred enclosures of the ancient East to Ro...
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For many centuries, the Mediterranean andAsia were not separate worlds, but parts of a complex and ever-changing network of relationships, trade, migration, artistic influences, religious exchanges, and political ties. This is the perspective that se...
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A fruit that symbolizes summer, the watermelon has always been associated with the idea of freshness and refreshment during the hottest months of the year. Its presence on our tables, however, tells a much older story, linked to the places and cultur...
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