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Donatello's sculpture exceptionally on view at Palazzo Venezia
Since July 12, 2018 and until April 28, 2019 a terracotta bust attributed to Early Renaissance master Donatello, usually housed in a private collection, is exceptionally on view at the ... -
Art conversation at the newly opened Palazzo Venezia courtyard
A fascinating series of cultural events is taking place these summer nights until the 16th of September in the context of “Il giardino ritrovato” (The recovered garden) initiative, conceived to ... -
Moment, movement and pathos of the Laocoön: the bequest of Antiquity
On the 14th January 1506, while ing in his vineyard, a gentleman made one of the most famous re-discovery of antiquities in Rome: a magnificent sculptural group came to light, ... -
Pietro Bembo, the humanist cardinal in Rome
The cardinal and humanist Pietro Bembo died on the 18th January 1547 in Rome. Once r of Lucrezia Borgia and influential scholar, he was active in various cultural centers of ... -
Raffaello, Parmigianino and Barocci at the Musei Capitolini
The exhibition “Raffaello, Parmigianino, Barocci. Metaphors of the Gaze” on view at the Musei Capitolini has been extended to the 24th of January. -
Roma prisca: the poetics of ruins
Arisen from the contemplation of the glorious remains of ancient Rome, the sad awareness of the transience of any glory or wealth together with the relentless passing of time wove ... -
The painter Cola dell'Amatrice
The artist Nicola Filotesio, called "Cola l'Amatrice", was possibly born on the 9th of September in an undefined year (various records report the years 1480 or 1489) at Filetta, a ... -
The Obelisk of the Minerva and the allegory from a mysterious book of the Renaissance
Rome can boast the highest number of obelisks in the world. They’re eighteen in all and mostly started to adorn the capital of the Roman Empire since the times of ...
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