Eighteenth century - Finestre sull'Arte

The secret pleasure of looking: voyeurism, between art and forbidden books

Pleasure is a game of shadows and reflections that has always climbed into the impalpable fabrics of art, enveloping each work in veils of mystery and desire in which the gaze sneaks furtively from a curtain raised with studied lightness, from a smal...
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The Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, the Savoy residence of unexpected wonders

What is a deer doing on the dome of one of Piedmont's most fascinating Savoy residences ? Imposing and regal with its stage of well-branched antlers, the animal that has become the symbol of the Stupinigi Hunting Lodge stands out in the sky as if it ...
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In Venice, the Museum of Palazzo Mocenigo explores the evolution of men's fashion at the time of Casanova

From March 7 to July 27, 2025, the Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo - Centro Studi di Storia del Tessuto e del Costume in Venice, in the year dedicated to Giacomo Casanova, is hosting the exhibition Il seduttore. The renewal of the male image in Casanova's ...
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Pietro Giarrè in the Charterhouse of Calci: a continuous dialogue between painting, sculpture and architecture

The Carthusian Monastery of Calci, also known as "Certosa di Pisa," is a former Carthusian monastery with a sumptuous structure located in the Val Graziosa, a plain lying between the Pisan mountains. The building owes itself to continuous remodeling ...
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Boucher and Fragonard: the elegance of Louis XV's court on display at Casa Museo Zani

The Paolo and Carolina Zani Foundation House Museum in Cellatica, in the province of Brescia, hosts an exhibition that takes visitors back to the heart of Louis XV's court, amid luxury, elegance and symbols of power. From Feb. 14 through May 25, 2025...
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Canova's Colossal Horse will return to display after 50 years

After decades of waiting, Antonio Canova 's Colossal Horse is preparing to return to public display in the Civic Museums of Bassano del Grappa. This monumental work, among the last created by the Possagno sculptor, which remained unfinished after his...
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Castelfranco celebrates the 250th anniversary of Francesco Maria Preti with an exhibition on the 18th century in three locations

On December 23, 1774, Castelfranco Veneto lost one of its most illustrious figures: Francesco Maria Preti (Castelfranco Veneto, May 19, 1701 - 1774), architect and intellectual among the main protagonists of the lively cultural season that characteri...
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Venice, a major exhibition and many events will celebrate Giacomo Casanova 300 years after his birth

On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Casanova (April 2, 1725 - June 4, 1798), the Giorgio Cini Foundation is participating in the city's celebrations with a rich annual program involving all its institutes and research cen...
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