Gothic - Finestre sull'Arte

Bright, tumultuous, splendid Pisanello: on the Mantua exhibition at the Ducal Palace.

To give an idea of the uniqueness of an exhibition featuring Pisanello as its protagonist, it will suffice to recall that twenty-one years have passed since the last exhibition dedicated to him (at the National Gallery in London, in 2001), and that i...
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In Gubbio an exhibition all about Ottaviano Nelli, great master of the Umbrian 15th century

A monographic exhibition dedicated to Ottaviano Nelli (Gubbio, c. 1370 - 1448-1449), one of the major Umbrian painters of the late Gothic period: this is the one that is scheduled from September 23, 2021 to January 9, 2022 in Gubbio, in the d...
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SantAndrea in Vercelli: first place of encounter between Lombard Romanesque and French Gothic

Giulio Carlo Argan wrote that Benedetto Antelami (Val d'Intelvi, c. 1150 - Parma, 1230) succeeded in reabsorbing, in the abbey church of Sant'Andrea in Vercelli, "all the Romanesque constructive culture into the subtlest Gothic doctrine." Argan ...
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