Mannerism
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This study attempts to investigate the grotesque in four paintings of the artist Domenikos Theotokopoulos or El Greco as he is most commonly called. The concept of the grotesque originated from the finding of Domus Aurea in the 1480s.... more
In 1564, in honor of the death of Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), an artistic extravaganza was invented by the Benedictine monk Vincenzo Borghini (1515-1580)-prior of the hospital of the innocents, humanist, and administrator of the... more
Nel contributo, si analizzano gli affreschi della loggia di Villa Tonello (Arten di Fonzaso, BL), sotto un profilo iconografico, tra vecchie proposte e alcune novità.
In 1555, assisted by Cristofano Gherardi, Il Doceno (1508-1556), Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) designed and painted a mythological and cosmological theme in the Sala degli Elementi, an apartment of Cosimo I de' Medici (1519-1574), Duke... more
La monografía de Cloe Cavero de Carondelet, Un villa toledana del Quinientos: el cigarral del Cardenal Quiroga, aborda la génesis de uno de los paisajes toledanos por excelencia, el cigarralero, del que apenas existían estudios rigurosos... more
Page 1. Joe A. Thomas Fabric and Dress in Bronzino's Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo and Son Giovanni One of the most famous paintings by Agnolo Bronzino is his portrait of the Duchess Eleonora de' Medici,... more
The first of three articles about Verdala Palace, offers a reflection on Grand Master Verdalle’s retreat as a means to assert himself as a respectable prince of the Order of St John and of the Catholic Church
This poster deals with the topic of the engraving with St. Francis with a playing angel by Raphael Sadeler, whose inventor was Paolo Piazza. Thisengraving influenced not only the artistic production in the Capuchin orders, but also served... more
2019, International conference “Curatorial Practices and Training Strategies in Contemporary Art History”, Saint Petersburg, 2019, 22-23 October.
This public gallery talk examines stylistic and cultural change in the city of Florence in the mid-to-late sixteenth century through works in the NGA's collection.
The author discusses the importance of sociobiology or evolutionary psychology for explaining supranormal models throughout the history of art.
Jacopo Da Ponte, conosciuto anche come Jacopo Bassano, è stato un pittore influenzato dal Manierismo e dallo stile di Tiziano. Il dipinto raffigurante "San Giovanni Battista nel deserto", datato 1558, è conservato presso i Musei Civici di... more
Set upon dolphin-form feet, and carved with swirling mythological figures, the sixteenth-century wedding chest, or cassone, in the Kerry Stokes collection can be examined through various lenses. Serving ceremonial, utilitarian and... more
In 1923 with the proclamation of the Republic began a new era. One of the main issues of this period has been to provide the legitimacy of the new regime. Corresponds to the specified purpose education has tried to take advantage of the... more
Discussion a painting of Judith and her maid servant, once attributed to Mirabello Cavalori, now in the Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art
The third section addresses the artistic decoration of the palazotto, both interior and exterior, its iconographic programme, representative role, and ties with a main residence. Particular attention is given to cases where the decorative... more
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture at 50 Museum of Modern Art, NY, Nov 11, 2016 I will start with an instance of the distant reception of Complexity and Contradiction. The first issue of the Australian journal Transition,... more
Paper published in: A. de Vries (ed.), Cultural Mediators. Artists and Writers at the Crossroads of Tradition, Innovation and Reception in the Low Countries and Italy 1450 – 1650, Leuven/Paris/Dudley (Ma.), 2008, 109 – 125
A special issue of the Journal of Architecture on the modernist historiography of mannerist and baroque architecture, with contributions by Dirk De Meyer, Maarten Delbeke, John Macarthur, Andrew Leach, and Bart Verschaffel—based on a... more