Italian Art

Striking Futurist Paintings

Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo, Video, Futurist Art, Stefano Acunto, Italian Academy, Il Nuotatore, Futurism, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian Artists, Italian Art, Futurist, Slideexpand, Arts News

The Futurists of the early 20th century were known for their desires to demolish museums, libraries and all other sites receiving historical reverence...

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Domenico Gnoli's Rarely Seen Paintings Now On View

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Italian Renaissance, Domenico Gnoli, Luxembourg & Dayan, Slidewide, Surrealism, Italian Art, Mc Escher, Rene Magritte, Painting, New York Exhibition, Fresco, Video, Arts News

There is an undeniable magic to Italian Renaissance paintings, where fabric ripples with a supernatural grace, and hair cascades with both abandon and...

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When Paper Makes Waves

Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Video, Origami, Paper Sculpture, Sculpture, Paper Folding, Daniele Papuli, Cartoframma, Italian Art, Performance Art, Arts News

Italian artist Daniele Papuli makes site-specific installations out of thousands of strips of paper, transforming the medium into something soft and i...

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Heart Of Glass

Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Jaume Plensa, Tomas Libertiny, Barbara Bloom, Glasstress New York, Vik Muniz, Jan Fabre, Ursula Von Rydingsvard, Marya Kazoun, Mad, Patricia Urquiola, Luke Jerram, Javier Perez, Tony Oursler, Thomas Schutte, Silvano Rubino, Marta Klonowska, Kiki Smith, Joyce Scott, New York, Jaime Hayon, Video, Michael Joo, Mike and Doug Starn, Alessandro Mendini, Venice Biennale, Venice Glass Projects, Italian Art, Yutaka Sone, Museum of Arts and Design, Slidepollajax, Glass, Arts News

Though you may think the realm of glass is limited to Cinderella's slipper, the vessel for your wine, and Blondie's ex-beau's heart, the material actu...

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What Good Italian Art Is Now

Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Italian Conversations Art in the Age of Berlusconi, Lady GaGa, Rob Hamelignk and Nienke Terpsma, Contemporary Italy, Italian Art, Art and Activism, Fucking Good Art, Nero Magazine, Rampub, Arts News

What do you know about the current Italian art scene? (And no, the fact that Lady Gaga is Italian-American doesn't count.) To brush up on what good It...

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Paolo Ventura's Staged Photos Of Magical, Miniature Moments

Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Photography, Obsolete Paolo Ventura, History, Venice Art Gallery, Video, Obsolete Gallery, Italian Art, Italian History, World War Ii Art, Surreal Photography, Miniatures, Paolo Ventura, Arts News

There is a magic particular to the bedtime story, the tales heard in the final moments of consciousness before one drifts off to sleep and melts into ...

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Is It Really A Masterpiece?

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Controversy, Art History, Forgery, Rome, Renaissance, Michelangelo, Italian Art, Scholarship, New York, Arts News

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A possible 16th-century Michelangelo painting that hung for years in a local family's home is being displayed in Rome as part of...

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Balaam Sculpture Sheds Light On Differing Christian And Jewish Views Of Prophecy

Menachem Wecker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rijksmuseum, Santa Casa, Italian Art, Balak, Balaam, Balaam's Donkey, Amsterdam Art Museum, Biblical Art, Christian Art, Religion News

Although he often was considered a villain, theology also considered Balaam as a prophet who played a role in the history of salvation, by predicting the coming of Christ.

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Mona Lisa Model Was Male, According To Italian Researchers

Eleanor Ide (AFP) | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mona Lisa, Homosexuality, Louvre, Leonardo, Art History, Rome, Leonardo Da Vinci, Italy, Italian Art, Painting, Paris, Salai, Gender, Florence, Silvano Vinceti, Arts News

ROME -- Italian researchers who specialise in resolving art mysteries said Wednesday they have discovered the disputed identity of the model for Leona...

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DEAD ARTIST NEWS: Boldini Painting Found In Paris Apartment Untouched For 70 Years

Telegraph UK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris, Italian Art, Giovanni Boldini, Art, Rue Pigalle, Italian Painting, Marthe De Florian, Mickey Mouse, Apartments, George Clemenceau, Painting, Art Consultants, Arts News

Behind the door, under a thick layer of dusk lay a treasure trove of turn-of-the-century objects including a painting by the 19th century Italian arti...

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ART + TECHNOLOGY: Italian Masterpieces Just A Click Away

AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caravaggio, Technology in Art, Art Masterpieces, Leonardo Da Vinci, Digital Paintings, Italy, Italian Art, Italian Artists, Art and Technology, Uffizi Gallery, Botticelli, Haltadefenizione, Arts News

ROME — Imagine being so close to Botticelli's Venus that you can see the strands of her blond hair, the shades of pink in her cheeks, the cracks...

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WWII Tragedy Transformed This Doctor Into an Artist

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles Art Exhibits, Italian Art, Los Angeles Art, Post World War 2 Art, Post War, Alberto Burri, Arts News

I look at the humble materials of Alberto Burri's early works and see the deprivation of his life -- a young Italian doctor of the Fascist party, a POW in an American camp in a remote area of Texas.

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