Restorer Umberto Senserini reveals outcome of Piero della Francesca’ Resurrection cleaningby Antonio Carnevale
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
Hair air style from Middle Age to Botticelliby Silvia TomasiHair colour had a moral significance, the hairstyle a message of seduction or betrayal. And each hair became a story
Symbol by symbol, dust piles upby Silvia TomasiRead about artists' obsession with dust, from enigmatic depictions in 16th and 17th century painting to post-war imagery and symbols
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
To the zodiac and backby Silvia TomasiPhaethon changes sex, the gods are sick, the Earth is burned, the seas are drained: the zodiac is all these turns and more
A mistaken perspective on the Renaissanceby Antonio CarnevaleWrong, defective, crooked perspectives: they were not painters' mistakes, but ways to represent thoughts and mysteries in the Renaissance.
What are combs for besides untying knots?by Silvia TomasiThe answer to combs collecting lies in the artists' creativity, from the Etruscans, to Füssli, Man Ray, Picasso, Dalí, Calder...
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.
