A fashion designer, Italian singer and Icelandic illustrator team up on Vatican exhibition
The Vatican Apostolic Library has tapped Dior's creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri, Italian singer Jovanotti and Icelandic ...
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'Altar tent' discovery puts Islamic art at the heart of medieval Christianity
A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...
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15+ Facts About The Medici Dynasty
The House of Medici was an Italian banking family that rose to become one of the most powerful political families … Continue ...
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Meet Agnès Sorel, the 15th-Century French Beauty Immortalized as Madonna
After turning Charles VII's head in the 1440s, Agnès Sorel became his mistress and close advisor as well the era's great ...
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500-Year-Old Tunnels Depicted In Leonardo Da Vinci’s Sketches Have Been Found Beneath An Italian Castle
After Ludovico il Moro took over as Duke of Milan in 1494, he had many artists come to Sforza Castle to decorate its rooms ...
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OF 20TH-CENTURY ART
16 (17) Francis M. Nauman and Beth Venn, eds., Making Mischief: Dada Invades New York (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1996), p. 153 (18) Robert Rosenblum, 19th-Century Art (New York: Abrams ...
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How Byzantine Art Influenced the Italian Renaissance
Credit: Cimabue, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5 One of the most intriguing cultural exchanges in European history is the significant impact of Byzantine art on the Italian Renaissance and the evolution ...
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These Stunning 19th-Century Artworks Reveal the Contradictions of the Modern Woman
“Greenwich Mean Time was established in 1884, in no small part because of train travel,” says Hunter, a specialist in 19th-century French art who researches theories of time, among other subjects.
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Here Are the Top 10 Artists of the 21st Century According to Billboard
Billboard’s list of the Top 10 Artists of the 21st Century is a celebration of musical influence, chart dominance, and consistency. As we approach the end of 2024, this list takes into account ...
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Bell’s 15th annual Let’s Talk Day takes place January 22
Bell’s annual Let’s Talk Day will return on January 22nd, 2025. This marks the company’s 15th year doing Let’s Talk Day, and this time around, it wants to put the spotlight on the youth mental health ...
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Art Deco style is popular again, a century after its heyday
Curvy silhouettes and luxe-feeling fabrics are among the hallmarks of Art Deco style. (Crate & Barrel via AP) Gigi Hadid wears a creation as part of the Chanel Fall/Winter 2024-2025 ready-to-wear ...
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Rediscovering Southern Art From the First Half of the 20th Century at North Carolina’s Mint Museum
2006.73 Courtesy the Mint Museum The Mint Museum Uptown in Charlotte feels like the perfect location for a retrospective honoring early 20th-century artists from the American South—the ...