Leonardo da Vinci: recent miracles of science and restorationSalvator Mundi and the Magi's Adoration by Leonardo da Vinci were in a bad shape. The same goes for a recently resurfaced drawing representing San Girolamo. Scientists have brought them back to life.
Today is the last day of Giuseppe Penone’s seminal show at Versailles. Conceptual fine arts dialogues with the master (not talking about Arte Povera)
At the Gallerie dell’Accademia, in Venice, visiting “Leonardo, l’uomo universale” to discover the conceptual side of the genius
A poet praised for his silence: Girolamo Casio painted by Boltraffioby Cristina Quattrini (from Nuovi Studi 26, 2021 anno XXVI)A new interpretation of the “Allegory of Girolamo Casio” by Boltraffio, which celebrated the poet’s gift for silence and loyalty to the Medici
A history of light in Renaissance art through Olafur Eliassonby Arturo GalansinoThe current show of Olafur Eliasson "In Our Time" at Palazzo Strozzi is the ground onto which to build a history of light in the Renaissance
Luca Pacioli and the mathematical Renaissanceby Antonio CarnevaleThe Renaissance mathematician Luca Pacioli is the crystalline symbol of his shattered dream: an orderly word expressed in numbers
Who says crises foster creativity?by Maria do Carmo M. P. de PontesFor those who still believe that suffering yields good art, we show that plagues, wars, and oppression have never been the engines of creativity.
What do you know about Renaissance shadow?by Antonio CarnevaleThe evolution of painting could also be captured by chasing shadows. An itinerary among five less known masters to be discovered in museums' online collections.
To be discovered: five unusual Renaissance pictures of wild animalsby Piero BiselloFive unusual pictures of wild animals from the Renaissance provide an insight into the human/beast relationship, situating it between myth and science.
Isabella d’Este, an exclusive interviewby Stefano PirovanoAs all great art collectors in the Renaissance, also Isabella d'Este was mainly buying contemporary art, but with a deep interest in the old Greek and Roman masters.
