Liguria - Finestre sull'Arte

In Albenga, restoration of Agostino da Casanova's polyptych ends

In Liguria , the restoration of the Polyptych of the "Madonna del Soccorso," a masterpiece dated 1537 and signed by Agostino da Casanova, a sixteenth-century Ligurian painter active on the Riviera di Ponente, ends. For the occasion, the work, present...
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Outstanding discovery in Genoa, Caravaggio work found: it is an Adoration by Matthias Stomer

An important discovery in Genoa , where a Caravaggesque canvas, attributed to Matthias St omer, also known as Matthias Stom (Amersfoort, c. 1600 - Sicily, after 1650), a great Dutch painter, who was influenced by Caravaggio's followers from his coun...
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La Spezia, CAMeC reopens Oct. 5: new layout and cultural program

The CAMeC - La Spezia Center for Modern and Contemporary Art will officially reopen its doors to the public on October 5, 2024 after an extensive maintenance and cultural restyling project . The renovation, the result of collaboration between the Cit...
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Savona, what to see and do: 11 travel tips

Located on the beautiful Riviera Ligure di Ponente, Savona is a port city that combines history, culture, and natural beauty. The city is dominated by the majestic Priamar Fortress, an imposing construction that offers panoramic views of the sea. Str...
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An anonymous summit of the Renaissance in Liguria: the table of the Master of Cesio

Writing about the Cesio panel, an extravagant apex of the Renaissance in Liguria, now preserved in the highly prized Diocesan Museum in Albenga, art historian Mauro Natale had spoken of an "absolute exception": it was not in fact customary for such a...
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Wifredo Lam, a Cuban in Liguria among ceramics and sea wizards. What the Savona exhibition looks like

"Unclassifiable." This is the adjective, simple but extremely eloquent and fitting, that a few years ago Eskil Lam found to describe the art of his father, Wifredo Lam. There is perhaps no definition that better fits this artist so out of the ordinar...
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The Della Rovere polyptych by Foppa and Brea: a masterpiece of the Ligurian Renaissance in Savona

The city of Savona, nestled on the western coast of Liguria, is recognized not only for its natural beauty and thousand-year history, but also as a significant cultural center of the Italian Renaissance. The promotion of the arts in the city had a si...
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The patronage of Andrea Doria

In 1540 the sculptor Leone Leoni (Arezzo, 1509 - Milan, 1590) was working as an engraver at the papal mint. The artist had embarked early on a brilliant career, played out in various Italian centers and a prelude to the international success that wou...
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