Roberto Longhi - Finestre sull'Arte

A lesson from Roberto Longhi. Attilio Bertolucci talks about the art historian in private

Attilio Bertolucci (San Prospero Parmense, 1911 - Rome, 2000) is one of the greatest Italian poets and also one of the most reliable witnesses of the culture of our twentieth century. But he is so without conceit and declares the masters to whom he o...
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An unpublished letter from Roberto Longhi to the principal of Liceo Tasso in Rome

We often read that between 1912 and 1914 Roberto Longhi taught art history at the Visconti High School, which is still based in the same square as the Jesuit Collegio Romano where the Ministry of Cultural Heritage is located, and at the Liceo Tasso i...
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Raphael according to Roberto Longhi. From early iconoclasm to reevaluation.

The recently concluded five-hundredth anniversary of Raphael has not been short of opportunities to bring to the public's attention even the critical fortune that the Urbino, for centuries, has known almost interrupted, and in this sense ...
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The Enigma of the Real. At the Corsini Gallery portraits and still lifes from the Poletti Collection.

From October 24, 2019 to February 2, 2020, the Corsini Gallery in Rome offers the public the exhibition The Enigma of the Real. Portraits and Still Lifes from the Poletti Collection and the Barberini Corsini National Galleries. Visitors will be able...
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