Take a deep dive into the world of Italian art and architecture. Explore Michelangelo’s art in Rome or learn more about Tuscany’s wine windows.
Take a deep dive into the world of Italian art and architecture. Explore Michelangelo’s art in Rome or learn more about Tuscany’s wine windows.
Michelangelo and Fra Angelico were Italian Renaissance artists who died on the same day (many years apart).
READ MORE +An old mural and a new exhibit reunite Keith Haring and Pisa.
From ancient Latin script to modern fonts, Italy has contributed greatly to the history of the written word. Visit these places to learn more.
READ MORE +Florence isn't the only city in Italy with a duomo.
READ MORE +Saint Lucifer was a bishop from Cagliari, Sardinia, who lived during the 4th century. His name sparks a lot of confusion.
READ MORE +Put modern art on your Italian itinerary. Here are the best museums, galleries, and parks, for modern and contemporary art in Italy.
READ MORE +Did you know that the landscape around the Reggia di Caserta was designed to look like a violin? Learn more about this UNESCO Heritage Site near Naples.
READ MORE +In 2021, Italy will commemorate the 700th anniversary of the passing of Dante Alighieri, known worldwide as the father of the Italian language.
READ MORE +The city that gave birth to Dante will soon give birth to the first museum dedicated to the Italian language. Construction on the Museo della Lingua Italiana begins in 2021.
READ MORE +One of the most important monuments of Ancient Rome, the Mausoleum of Augustus, will reopen to the public in 2021.
READ MORE +In a year that has had little to no travel and more time than usual spent at home, LEGO has unveiled its massive 9,036-piece Colosseum builder kit. The Colosseum is LEGO's biggest building set yet, edging out the Millennium Falcon set which has 7,541 pieces. Once built, the LEGO Colosseum ...
READ MORE +Throughout the long, lonely months of our modern pandemic, I've been thinking about a dark and mysterious painting in Palermo known as "The Triumph of Death." Known in Italian as Il Trionfo della Morte, the painting hangs in Palazzo Abatellis, a regional gallery in the Kalsa quarter of the ...
READ MORE +There are few artists in history who inspire intrigue quite like Caravaggio. Here's where to find his works in Rome.
READ MORE +A look at Franco del Zotto Odorico's art at the Tina Modotti house in Udine.
First used during the bubonic plague in the 17th century, Tuscany's wine windows are reopening. Learn more about "buchette del vino" and where to find them.
READ MORE +Learn more about the Roman artist who lovingly chronicled the quarantine in watercolors.
READ MORE +The history behind the Trevi Fountain, one of the most beautiful and best-known fountains in the world.
READ MORE +This Italian map is fun but certainly controversial. It is a map of each region in Italy represented by a painting or fresco by an artist of that region. Here's the full map (click to zoom in). A list of the artworks and their creators follow. Map via reddit Alphabetical List of Italian ...
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