Emilia Romagna - Finestre sull'Arte

An intense journey among the great and forgotten of the 16th century in Ferrara. What the exhibition at the Palazzo dei Diamanti looks like

If we were to accompany Jacob Burckhardt on his visits to the galleries of Rome and listen to him as he pauses to describe the pieces that most and best captured his interest, we would most likely derive sharp adjectives from them, suitable for defin...
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Savio Valley, what to see: 6-step itinerary

The Savio Valley, located in southern Romagna, stretches from the headwaters of the Savio River near Mount Fumaiolo to the city of Cesena. The stream springs from the slopes of the mountain, which is one of the valley's main natural attractions. Alon...
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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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Antonio Farnese's Apartment at the Rocca di Sala Baganza opens to the public for the first time.

An important first for a significant eighteenth-century fresco cycle: in fact, at the Rocca di Sala Baganza (Parma), theapartment of Antonio Farnese, located on the piano nobile within the private portion of the Rocca, opens to the public for the fir...
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Parma exults by opening its doors wide again to Correggio

Next September 8, the city of Parma will inaugurate an exceptional and very singular exhibition: an unforgettable Fifth Centenary of Correggio's creative cycle. Indeed, the "secularia quinta" of the Painter's extraordinary presence on the Italian art...
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Palazzo Ducale in Sassuolo: a new exhibit reconstructs the transformations of the residence of the Este family

As of October 6, 2023, the Ducal Palace in Sassuolo will present itself to the public with a new layout: some spaces of the palace have been completely transformed to host the permanent exhibition Invitation to the Court. Five rooms in the southern ...
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At Faenza's Pinacoteca, the most important art collection in Romagna from the Middle Ages to the 20th century

After theflooding that hitEmilia Romagna last month, in Faenza, among the cities most affected, the Pinacoteca Comunale (Municipal Art Gallery ) reopened its doors to visitors on June 9, thus continuing its primary goal of making its important art co...
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Bologna, Sebastiano Ricci's altarpiece returns to the Baroque jewel of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini

From Sept. 24, 2022 to May 29, 2023, the Banca di Bologna, the Department of Cultural Heritage of the Alma Mater Studiorum and the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bolognawill open the doors of a precious jewel of the city's Baroque: theOratory of San Giovann...
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