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
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
Paolo Pagani and the marvels of transformationby Antonio CarnevaleBetween failed aristocratic ambition and ungraspable styles, Paolo Pagani is the forgotten figure of Italian Baroque painting.
The annoying fly and symbolic paintingsby Silvia TomasiFlies buzz around a few Renaissance, Netherlandish and Baroque paintings, full of jokes, meanings, and hellish symbolism
