Simon Vouet - Finestre sull'Arte

"Almost as unbelievable as a church painting." Simon Vouet and his Saint Francis Tempted

Exactly one hundred years ago, in 1921, the physiologist Mariano Luigi Patrizi published a booklet that attempted a psychological reconstruction of Caravaggio's personality from his works: it was entitled Un pittore criminale (A Criminal Painte...
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Raphael, Canova, Alma-Tadema and others: one hundred masterpieces from the Academy of St. Luke's on a trip to Perugia

One hundred works of art from theAcademy of St. Luke will move to Perugia from Feb. 21 until Sept. 30, 2018, which will host a review of the great masterpieces housed in Rome 's important art institute founded by Federico Zuccari in 1593 and presided...
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