Sarzana - Finestre sull'Arte

Luca Lupi's Exhibitions made of light on paper are on display in Sarzana

The museums are still closed, but the galleries are open: thus, from April 10 to May 15, 2021, the Cardelli & Fontana gallery in Sarzana opens the exhibition Esposizione di Luca Lupi (Pontedera, 1970), which thus returns for the third time to the...
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In 18th-century Sarzana guided by a historian of the period. Bonaventura de' Rossi's copious Collettanea.

In a possible list of the major and most important reference points for studying the history of the arts in Sarzana, a prominent place could certainly be occupied by a work by historian Bonaventura de' Rossi (Sarzana, 1666 - Genoa, 1741), the copious...
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Time discovering the truth: a certificate of solidarity from Domenico Fiasella to Artemisia Gentileschi?

March 4 marked the end of theFiasellesco year, celebrated to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary of the commission of the celebrated altarpiece with St. Lazarus asking the Virgin Mary for protection for the city of Sarzana, entrusted to Domeni...
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Guglielmo's cross in Sarzana: the first dated painted cross in art history

One of the most important works in the history of Western art, the earliest example of Christus Triumphans of which we have any knowledge (at least according to the date that appears on the epigraph, which sets 1138 as the date of its creation), a pa...
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A tour among the noble palaces of Sarzana. Part 2: from Matteotti Square to Porta Parma

Last Wednesday we had begun a tour to discover the most beautiful aristocratic palaces in Sarzana. We entered the first six of the itinerary: starting from Palazzo San Domenico we walked all the way down Via Mazzini and arrived at the Buonaparte Towe...
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A tour among the noble palaces of Sarzana. Part 1: from Palazzo San Domenico to Casa Buonaparte

We are in the small town of Sarzana, in Liguria, a few kilometers from the border with Tuscany: we know it well, because we at Finestre Sull'Arte live a short distance away. Here, every year, in the month of May, a very beautiful and special festival...
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Massa's Nativity by Nightlight: the troubled story of a beautiful painting, on display

If you happen to be passing through Massa by March 15, take some time to visit the Diocesan Museum and the exhibition The Nativity by Nightlight. We had already told you about it in our first article written in The Daily Slow, and we are returning to...
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