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The peaceful but mysterious interiors painted by the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi are explored in terms of their history, artistry, and poetry.

Five Palermitan altar frontals of marble inlay, now housed in two different churches, are ideally reunited in these pages.

A learned and witty article describes the many self-portraits painted by Sofonisba Anguissola, often with self-promotional intent.

The botanical details of a masterpiece by Vittore Carpaccio, the Portrait of a Knight now in Madrid, have many secrets to divulge.

The splendor of the Padiglione delle Feste at the Grand Hotel of the Thermal Spa of Castrocaro, decorated by Tito Chini.

Hearst Castle’s Roman Pool, a sumptuous creation by Julia Morgan, serves as a metaphor for the spirit of California.

The Casa Madre dell’Associazione Nazionale fra Invalidi e Mutilati di Guerra, designed by Piacentini, houses works by Wildt and Sironi, among others.

Glassblowing and photography bring within our eyeshot the marvels that Nature has concealed in the depths.

The peculiar eclecticism of some eccentric villas in the Salento region of Puglia, which look like fantastical palaces belonging to an imaginary Orient.

An overview of the Oratorio di San Lorenzo in Palermo, with a special focus on Serpotta’s stuccowork.

The formative years of Paolo Caliari, better known as Paolo Veronese, as told in the words of the curator of the major exhibition at the Prado (2025).

The procession of the Queen of Sheba as illustrated by Josep Maria Sert in a hall of the Wendel family’s Hôtel Particulier, now at the Musée Carnavalet.

The Roman home of Luigi Serafini, the visionary author of the Codex Seraphinianus.

Lucian Freud’s plant portraits, only recently brought into the spotlight and associated with the renown of his celebrated portraits of people.

Some of the musician-painters of the Renaissance are the perfect example of the close ties between the arts in this historical period.

Winckelmann’s Roman life in a “spoken portrait” that brings to light both personal and secret aspects.

Giuseppe Castiglione, an eighteenth-century Jesuit painter and missionary in China, is now considered one of the glories Chinese national art.

A manuscript with an adventuresome background takes us to Eastern lands colonized by Europeans in the sixteenth century.

Magnificent painted folding screens tell the tale of sixteenth-century encounters between the cultures of Portugal, Japan, and Mexico.

The world of Canadian painter Alexander Colville reconstructed through a selection of his paintings.