Urbino - Finestre sull'Arte

At the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Raphaelesque tapestries recreate the frescoes of the Vatican Stanze

Opening May 21 at the Ducal Palace in Urbino, home of the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, is the exhibition On the Thread of Raphael. Enterprise and Fortune in the Art of Tapestry, with which the celebrations for the five-hundredth anniversary of Ra...
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An exhibition dedicated to Raphael and tapestries in Urbino

The Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, in collaboration with the Vatican Museums and the Mobilier National in Paris, presents an exhibition dedicated to Raphael and tapestries from May 21 to September 12, 2021, at the Ducal Palace in Urbino. The exhibi...
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In Urbino the impossible exhibition bringing together all of Raphael's masterpieces. In 1:1 reproductions

From July 25 to November 1, 2020, the Raphael College in Urbino will host An Impossible Exhibition to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Urbino artist's death. Forty-five of Raphael's paintings, including the fresco of The School of Athens, will ...
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Immersing yourself in a Nativity scene: the Mannerist Nativity by Federico Brandani in Urbino

It was October when I had the opportunity to admire for the first time live, in Urbino, the nativity scene by Federico Brandani (Urbino, c. 1520 - 1575) in theOratory of San Giuseppe; the nativity scene is usually associated with the Christmas season...
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Raphael and friends in Urbino: an exhibition on artistic entanglements in early 16th century Marche

As is well known to all those who have approached the figure of Raphael Sanzio (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520), tradition usually divides his brief, dazzling, dense and unrepeatable career into three distinct portions: an early youthful phase, whic...
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Urbino Renaissance--from theory to practice: the Annunciation by Giovanni Santi

One of the main protagonists of the Urbino Renaissance, namely Giovanni Santi (Colbordolo, 1440 - Urbino, 1494), is best known today for having been the father of one of the greatest painters the history of art can remember, Raphael Sanzio (Urbino,...
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Piero della Francesca's Madonna of Senigallia: the abstract poetry of light

It may seem strange, but we know of no ancient sources that mention one of the greatest masterpieces of the Renaissance, the celebrated Madonna of Senigallia by Piero della Francesca (Borgo San Sepolcro, 1412 - 1492). In fact, the first mention of wh...
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Where did a Renaissance lord sleep? The alcove of Duke Federico da Montefeltro

Walking through the rooms of the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, housed in the famous Ducal Palace in Urbino, it is impossible to avoid pausing in front of one of the most valuable pieces in the collection: theDuke's alcove, which gives its name t...
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