Renaissance - Finestre sull'Arte

The Farnese Palace in Caprarola, a masterpiece of Italian Mannerism

In Caprarola, a small village in Tuscia in the province of Viterbo, surrounded by the Cimini Mountains, is Palazzo Farnese, one of the most extraordinary residences built in Italy in the 16th century. It is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant jewel...
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Montepulciano, Crociani Art Gallery is enriched with Madonna and Child by Matteo di Giovanni

The Madonna and Child, Saints Sebastian and John the Evangelist and four angels by Matteo di Giovanni (Sansepolcro, ca. 1430 - Siena, 1495), also known as Matteo da Siena, has become part of the exhibition itinerary of the Crociani Pinacoteca Civic M...
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The rediscovered 15th-century fresco and the latest news from the Palazzo Nardini construction site in Rome

Serendipity, the British would say. It is the word they use to refer to those totally unexpected discoveries, exceeding expectations, that come when you were looking for something else. It is more than a fortuitous finding: it is a surprising outcome...
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In Syracuse, masterpieces by Antonello da Messina in dialogue with the photographic works of Marco Delogu

From April 18 to Sept. 30, 2025, the Regional Gallery of Palazzo Bellomo in Syracuse opens again to contemporary art with the exhibition Antonello da Messina. Marco Delogu, which aims to relate some of the Renaissance master 's most celebrated works ...
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The Masters of Mechelen and beyond: tour of the Flanders city that is the world capital of bell music

There is a common thread running through Flanders, invisible but strong, weaving together artistic masterpieces, majestic architecture, places of worship and stories of famous people. As in Mechelen for example, an elegant town on the river Dijle tha...
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An unpublished Moretto painting, the Redeemer as a child, returns to light after major restoration

An important unseen work of Renaissance painting is preparing to meet the public gaze for the first time. From April 16 to June 8, 2025, the rooms of the MarteS Museo d'Arte Sorlini in Calvagese della Riviera, in the province of Brescia, will host th...
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Milan rediscovers Andrea Solario. This is what the beautiful exhibition at the Poldi Pezzoli Museum looks like.

One work alone, the Poldi Pezzoli'sEcce Homo , would be enough to understand what kind of artist Andrea Solari was. All it would take is that Christ so ideal and so deeply human, somewhere between Antonello and Leonardo, between the lenticular exacti...
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Naples, discovery of a 15th-century chapel under the cathedral

In Naples, the past comes alive again from the foundations of its history. In the lower level of the cathedral, hidden for decades behind a wall and concealed even from collective memory, a 15th-century chapel has been rediscovered. It is the Minutol...
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