Latium - Finestre sull'Arte

Rome rediscovers the Horrea Piperataria: imperial spice warehouses open to the public

A new chapter in the history of ancient Rome opens to the public thanks to the Colosseum Archaeological Park: the Horrea Piperataria, the imperial spice warehouses, become open to visitors for the first time. Located beneath the Basilica of Maxentius...
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Michelangelo's Pieta shines with new iGuzzini lighting in St. Peter's Basilica

A masterpiece of Renaissance art enjoys a new light. We're talking about Michelangelo's Pieta, preserved in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, one of the most famous sculptural groups in art history, which now benefits from an innovative lighting project ...
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Pietro da Cortona's The Triumph of Divine Providence, a fundamental text of 17th-century art

When, in August 1623, Maffeo Barberini (Florence, 1568 - Rome, 1644) ascended to the papal throne with the name of Urban VIII, many intellectuals, scientists and artists rested their hopes on this learned and refined man, hoping for a cultural renewa...
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The Madonna of Tarquinia returns home: innovation and beauty in the sign of Filippo Lippi

On December 5 in Tarquinia, in the halls of Palazzo Vitelleschi, home of the National Archaeological Museum of Tarquinia, the exhibition 1437 opened its doors to the public. Filippo Lippi's Madonna, Tarquinia and Cardinal Vitelleschi, an event celebr...
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Rome, restoration completed at Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo

Two years after work began, the complex restorations involving the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo, one of the capital's most splendid sites representing one of the pinnacles of Roman Renaissance and Baroque art, have finally been completed in Rom...
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Andrea Pozzo's masterpiece: the Glory of St. Ignatius in Rome

The saint is above a cloud, borne in flight by a swarm of angels, moving over a sky that illusionistically breaks through the vault of the church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, in the heart of Rome: in front of him Jesus with the cross, in the corners th...
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Rome, finishes restoration of Casa Litta at Palazzo Orsini. Opening to the public is being studied

In Rome, the restoration of Casa Litta - Palazzo Orsini, one of the most interesting buildings in the capital's historic center, has been completed: the rooms of the palace, now home to theEmbassy of the Order of Malta to the Holy See, will o...
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"Almost as unbelievable as a church painting." Simon Vouet and his Saint Francis Tempted

Exactly one hundred years ago, in 1921, the physiologist Mariano Luigi Patrizi published a booklet that attempted a psychological reconstruction of Caravaggio's personality from his works: it was entitled Un pittore criminale (A Criminal Painte...
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