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Bernini Up Close and Close To Home

September 24, 2008 – 7:58 am

If you’re not taking a trip to Rome, the former stomping ground and site of many works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, don’t fret. Approximately 57 of the Baroque artist’s marble sculptures will be on display at the Getty Museum through October 26.
The highlight of the show, according to David Littlejohn in his Wall Street Journal [...]

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Two New World Heritage Sites in Italy

September 4, 2008 – 7:00 am

Time to add two more Italian sites to the UNESCO World Heritage List. In July, UNESCO inscribed the Po Valley towns of Mantua and Sabbioneta and the Rhaetian Railway, which passes through the Swiss Alps into Tirano, Italy. Both new sites are located in the region of Lombardy.
Mantua (Mantova) and Sabbioneta were selected for their [...]

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Rome, Siena, Sardinia, and more

August 24, 2008 – 12:27 pm

We hope you’ve had an enjoyable August. Obviously, we took a little time off for rest and relaxation (and a move!), so there’s been little time to fill you in on some of the latest Italy travel news. Here’s a recap:
Some people in Rome think it’s a good idea to create a Disneyland-like theme park [...]

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Pompeii By Night

June 9, 2008 – 12:29 pm

Question: What’s eerier than surveying the ruins of Pompeii? Answering: Visiting them at night.
According to the ansa.it news service, Pompeii will once again offer its popular “Sound-and-Light” tour, a one-hour look at the ancient Roman city complete with ambient music, flood-lit ruins, and a video simulation of the eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed the city [...]

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The Lost Leonardo

April 22, 2008 – 12:40 am

Over the weekend, 60 Minutes had a fascinating piece on “The Lost Leonardo,” which is Leonardo da Vinci’s storied painting of the Battle of Anghiari. Italian art historian Maurizio Seracini believes that the missing artwork lies behind a giant Vasari painting in the Palazzo Vecchio:
He is convinced Leonardo’s mural lies protected behind an immense painting, which [...]

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“Palladio” in DC

April 3, 2008 – 5:59 am

As part of Italy’s celebrations of the birth of architect Andrea Palladio, born 500 years ago this year, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC, are hosting a free screening of “Abitare Palladio,” a documentary about the man and his works. The film will be shown tomorrow April 4 at noon in [...]

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Art Teacher in Your Pocket

April 19, 2007 – 9:59 am

Art history junkies take note: learning about Italian art is easy with Jane’s Smart Art Guides. Order a CD set - or, even better, download the MP3s to your iPod - and you can learn more about St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome’s Santa Maria del Popolo, or the Fra Angelico fresco cycle in Florence’s San Marco [...]

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