Ancient art - Finestre sull'Arte

Gallerie d'Italia in Turin, comparing Gentileschi and Van Dyck's Madonnas with Child in Corsini Gallery

Until Jan. 12, 2025, the Gallerie d'Italia in Turin will host two masterpieces from the Corsini collection in comparison: the Madonna and Child painted in Rome by Orazio Gentileschi around 1610 and Antoon van Dyck 's Madonna of the Straw painted in G...
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Discovering Modena: 10 places to get to know the city

Modena, one of the most precious pearls of Emilia-Romagna, is a city that enchants because of its happy union of art, history, culture and gastronomy. Famous in the world for its traditional balsamic vinegar, luxury cars such as Ferrari and Maserati,...
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Louvre restores masterpiece by Leonardo's Andrea Solario. Will it be the Mona Lisa's turn next?

Important restoration at the Louvre: the work by one of Leonardo's painters, Andrea Solario (Milan, c. 1470 - 1524), the Madonna and Child, also known as the Madonna of the Green Cushion , which now presents itself with its original colors, restored ...
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Correggio's Adoration of the Child: an intimate and universal scene of the miracle of the Nativity

There is all the essence of Christmas, understood as birth, in the Madonna in Adoration of the Child by Antonio Allegri, known as Correggio (Correggio, c. 1489 - 1534) from his hometown in the lower Reggio area. An intimate and collected scene but at...
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Rome reopens the Passetto di Borgo, the secret corridor that connected the Vatican to Castel Sant'Angelo

In Rome, the Borgo Passetto, the famous fortified passage connecting the Vatican to Castel Sant'Angelo, has been returned to the public: a sort of... Roman Vasarian Corridor, reopened this year exactly like its counterpart in Florence (which is actua...
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Bologna, new fittings for the Santa Maria della Vita complex

In Bologna, Santa Maria della Vita, one of the most iconic complexes in the heart of the historic center, presents the new museum itinerary that transforms the appearance of the institution: thanks to the collaboration between Fondazione Cassa di Ris...
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Viboldone Abbey, monastic peace amid the chaos of Milan's suburbs

On the one hand, the high-rise buildings of San Giuliano Milanese, the results of the 'building expansionism of the 1960s, the straight line of the railroad, the sequence of banks, grill shops, driving schools, turkish kebabs, hairdressers, furniture...
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When art in the Renaissance was also political propaganda: Garofalo's masterpiece

It is an episode in the history of the Renaissance perhaps not known to many, but certainly the Battle of Polesella can be counted among the most singular ones, and not only because in the aftermath of this Ferrara military feat, events ensued that l...
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