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The artistic cycle of Vittorio Zecchin’s Thousand and One Nights, from the turn of the twentieth century, inspired by exoticism and fable.
The deeper and less obvious meanings of the series “Primitive Humanity,” painted by Piero di Cosimo in the Florence of the Medici.
Glassblowing and photography bring within our eyeshot the marvels that Nature has concealed in the depths.
A learned and witty article describes the many self-portraits painted by Sofonisba Anguissola, often with self-promotional intent.
The dome painted by Correggio in the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista in Parma at the heart of a new and original layout.
Author Dacia Maraini's conjectures before a painting of two little girls by Antonietta Raphaël.
The peaceful but mysterious interiors painted by the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi are explored in terms of their history, artistry, and poetry.
A new auction record for a drawing by Rembrandt has been established with the portrait of a lion, sold in recent months by Sotheby's New York.
The Moleskine notebooks of Nobel Laureate for Literature Orhan Pamuk, in whichw ords and images meld and mingle, on exhibit at the Masone Labyrinth.
The astounding results recorded in three different marvels: a painting by Canaletto, a mirror by Claude Lalanne and a book by Galileo Galilei.
Giuseppe Castiglione, an eighteenth-century Jesuit painter and missionary in China, is now considered one of the glories Chinese national art.
A conjecture as to the person depicted in a little-known work by Gustav Klimt interwoven with the motif of the “Black model of European painting”.
The Masonic park of the Villa Durazzo Pallavicini in Pegli (near Genoa), conceived as a theatrical spectacle.
The Palace of Italian Institutions in Tangier, built by a sultan who never lived there, is a veritable kaleidoscope of detailed decorations.
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 dining room of Palazzo Altieri in Oriolo Romano, decorated by Giuseppe Barberi.
An overview of the Oratorio di San Lorenzo in Palermo, with a special focus on Serpotta’s stuccowork.
Magnificent tables of marble and inlaid stones made in Rome in the second half of the sixteenth century.
The most intellectual of all parlor pastimes, the game of chess is described through the chessboards of a Portuguese collection.
After a lengthy and delicate restoration, Parmigianino's Vision of St Jerome is back on display at the National Gallery in London.
The frescoes of the Palace of Sassuolo, the delicious retreat of the Dukes of Este, are a symphony of trompe-l’œil.
Learn all about Ferdinand Bac, an ecclectic dilettante artist who masterminded the extravagante villa of Les Colombières on the Côte d’Azure.
Hearst Castle’s Roman Pool, a sumptuous creation by Julia Morgan, serves as a metaphor for the spirit of California.
The D&G show at Milan’s Palazzo Reale pays homage to femininity and Sicily, in an apotheosis of Italian style.
