Raphael: Where to See His Works in Italy
Only 37 when he died in 1520, Raphael was one of the most influential artists of his day.
Only 37 when he died in 1520, Raphael was one of the most influential artists of his day.
What to get the Italy lover who has everything? A coffee table book about Italy! Browse this list for ideas for the 2019 gift-giving season.
Learn more about Sardinia's Femmina Accabadora, a witch-like figure who is also known as the Lady of the Good Death.
Alert: Italy is currently on lockdown due to coronavirus until (at least) 13 April 2020. Read the latest updates on Coronavirus in Italy Leonardo da Vinci, the original Renaissance Man, was born in Italy more than 500 years ago. Yet despite being one of the best known of Italian names,…
Michelangelo Buonarotti is most associated with Rome because of his masterpieces in the Sistine Chapel. But his work is all over the capital and it is well worth the effort to seek it out.
Here's a business opportunity for book lovers with an itch to live and work in one of the most beautiful cities in Italy.
The Atlas of Ancient Rome, a gorgeous, new two-volume set edited by Andrea Carandini, promises to be an “authoritative archeological survey of Rome from prehistory to the early medieval period.” The slip-cased set is available now.
Dario Fo, the Italian playwright/actor/painter/political rabble-rouser who won the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature, passed away today at the age of 90.
Much of what we know today about anatomy was first discovered and documented in Renaissance Italy.
Have you seen this book? Many years ago, I found this book while browsing the clearance stacks at a used bookstore in Washington, DC. Published in 1990, Gli Alberi Monumentali d’Italia is a beautiful coffee table book full of color photos of legendary trees from Italy’s islands and central/southern…
