That Cupid has arthritis and Mona Lisa has high cholesterol (a rebuttal)
I don’t normally write reactionary pieces, but this bit of news has me frothing at the mouth. This Prof. Vito
Art, Travel & Life in Italy & Europe
I don’t normally write reactionary pieces, but this bit of news has me frothing at the mouth. This Prof. Vito
At a conference on the use of internet by libraries, archives and museums that I attended the other day (live
Pat Byrne of Kids Europe’s Italy Discovery Journal is not a guidebook to Florence, Rome, and Venice. It’s an
Art historians are able to do more and more research from home with the availability of many articles on JSTOR
This is the text of a talk that I am giving at 7pm on Monday July 6th at Florence Inn
It’s the end of term and you have to study for your art history exam… Make like Dewey the Library
Exposing children to art from a young age develops cognitive and verbal skills, arguably good things. But it may be
Students in my advanced seminar on “Women and the Arts in Early Modern Italy” have been assigned the production of
This video and article are part of the Female Artist biographical film project described here. Summary: Lavinia Fontana was born
The Funerary Procession of Elisabetta Sirani Summary: Elisabetta Sirani was a 16th century female painter from Bologna. She exceeded the
Sofonisba Anguissola: More than a Woman Summary: Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625) surpassed the expectations of women during the Italian Renaissance. She
The past decade has seen a spate of art historical fiction set in Italy, some of it well researched, some
The following is a list of useful vocabulary terms (and definitions!) in English and Italian for students and lovers of Italian
Colleen, a moderator on the travel resource Slowtrav has written an excellent and amusing article about saints in art. As she
This list of guide books is intended as a starting point to help you plan your trip to Florence and
While you’re in Florence (or in any other Italian city, for that matter) you’re going to see a lot of
These have been anonymously contributed to arttrav and compiled by yours truly. Shrew Businessmen and Compliant Women: the gender roles of
The History of Renaissance Art, Student Style* *for privacy purposes, of course this is totally anonymous… PAINTING The history of