In Florence , one of the most significant images of Florentine Marian devotion is once again fully visible in the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella . The restoration of the fresco of the Madonna della Pura was unveiled today; this project has restored ...
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A monumental illuminated manuscript dating back more than seven centuries, which preserves some of the most famous legends of the Arthurian cycle, is set to return to the spotlight. On July 8, 2026, Christie’s will present it in Londonat an auc...
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Located in Pavia, inside the basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, is one of the pinnacles of Italian Gothic sculpture: theArk of St. Augustine. This imposing cenotaph (i.e., a funerary monument not intended to hold the remains of the deceased, as it...
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A calendar carved in stone that accompanies visitors along the succession of the seasons, telling the story of man's work, his relationship with nature and the passage of time. It is the cycle of the Months that decorates the frieze arranged on the p...
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The whole story of the thirteenth-century Madonna by the Master of the Baptistery of Parma that ended up abroad has become, in my view, a textbook case of misinformation, based in this case on a curious mixture of the two typical elements of misinfor...
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A new and significant phase in the long journey of conservation and enhancement of the church of Santa Maria diPomposa, or the church of theAbbey of Pomposa, one of the most important monumental complexes of the historical and artistic heritage of Em...
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The case of the Madonna and Child executed by the thirteenth-century painter of the Parma Baptistery dome, also known as the "Master of the Baptistery of Parma," at the center of a complex affair between the Italian state and a Swiss company, the own...
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A cross painted to seal the encounter between East and West. A meeting we witness by looking at a large panel (297 centimeters high by 234 centimeters wide) now preserved in the Museo Nazionale di San Matteo in Pisa, hanging on a wall in the room whe...
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