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dailyart
La Torre at Fondazione Coppola in Vicenza
May 7, 2019After its meticulous restoration, Fondazione Coppola reopens its venue at the Torrione in Vicenza, a center...
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Artist
Painting of the Week: Artemisia Gentileschi, Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria
March 24, 2019Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 – c. 1656) was ‘one of the best Italian Baroque painters.’ Despite this, you...
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Sculpture
Laocoön: The Work of a Lifetime
August 27, 2018The subject The statue “Laocoon and his sons”, attributed to Greek sculptors Agesander, Athenodorus and Polydorus,...
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19th Century
Symbolism in Beata Beatrix by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
January 13, 2018Rossetti started Beata Beatrix in 1863 after the death of his wife Elizabeth Siddal (1829-62). The...
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Artist
Giovanni Boldini’s Beautiful Belles
October 9, 2017Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931) was a popular society portrait painter in turn-of-the-century France and England. His elegant...
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Painting of the Week
Vittore Carpaccio, Young Knight in a Landscape
May 7, 2017Young Knight in a Landscape by Vittore Carpaccio from the collection of Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid...
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Museums And Exhibitions
5 Reasons Why You Should Visit Sforza Castle Pinacoteca
May 4, 2017If you ever come to Milan, you have to see this place. Sforza Castle was built...
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Religious Art
The Holy Story: The Driving Force of Renaissance Art
April 27, 2017The sudden expansion in trade, banking and the textile industry in the late 1200s brought an...
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Architecture
6 Things You Must Know About Scrovegni Chapel
March 31, 2017Scrovegni Chapel in Padua is one of the most famous Proto-Renaissance masterpieces. Decorated by Giotto di...
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