Interior of a Picture Gallery with the Collection of Cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga by Giovanni Paolo Panini shows a truly spectacular assembly of...
Alexandra Kiely 27 July 2025
Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) was a German-born neoclassical painter. In the autumn of 1760, he moved to England and started to work for a clockmaker,...
Klaudia Zelazowska 27 July 2025
The history of the Belle Époque reveals many scandalous stories. Behind the elegant portraits interesting lives of grand dames and adventurous...
Giordana Goretti 25 July 2025
The world has recently bid farewell to Arnaldo Pomodoro, the Italian sculptor whose name became synonymous with monumental bronze spheres—enigmatic...
Lisa Scalone 17 July 2025
Woman with Stylus is an ancient Roman fresco unearthed in Pompeii nearly two millennia after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. Various details...
Natalia Iacobelli 17 July 2025
Amedeo Modigliani painted so many portraits of women—especially nude ones—that people began to see him as a reckless playboy, an image that he...
Pola Otterstein 11 July 2025
It was back in the year 1305 when Giotto di Bondone painted a fresco capturing the moment when Virgin Mary’s parents, Joachim and Anne, kissed...
Petra Dragasevic 10 July 2025
Churches are fascinating buildings where time seems to stand still. Allow us to lead you by the smell of incense into the dark Gothic interiors.
Magda Michalska 30 June 2025
From the ancient period through the 18th century, European Catholics and Orthodox Christians displayed and maintained bones of the deceased to honor...
Julia Bourbois 26 June 2025
Italy experienced a significant cinematic milestone when it was selected as the backdrop for the film Call Me By Your Name (2017, dir. Luca...
Helena Pereira 24 June 2025
The Medici Family. For most, these three words conjure up images of Cosimo de’ Medici, Lorenzo de’ Medici, or the many artists and artworks...
Guest Author 18 June 2025
During long, warm summer days it is hard not to dream about much-needed holidays. With that said I was reminded of my visit to Rome some time ago...
Nadine Waldmann 17 June 2025
