FROM DONATELLO TO MICHELANGELO: GREAT ITALIAN RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE AT THE SFORZESCO CASTLE IN MILAN

Housed in the rooms of the Musée du Louvre in Paris until 21 June, the exhibition “The Body and the Soul, from Donatello to Michelangelo is now open to the public until 24 October in the Visconti rooms of the Castello Sforzesco in Milan. Italian Renaissance Sculpture ”, promoted and produced by the Municipality of… Read More FROM DONATELLO TO MICHELANGELO: GREAT ITALIAN RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE AT THE SFORZESCO CASTLE IN MILAN

THE REMARKABLE “HEMISPHERES” OF TERZA LOGGIA: HOW RENAISSANCE PAINTED THE MODERN WORLD / INSIDE THE VATICAN PALACES # 4

Terza Loggia (Third Loggia) is another stunning place in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, Rome. On its walls we admire maps of the modern world painted between 1560 and 1585. They include the wonderful Emispheres, the frescoes designed by Ignazio Danti (1582 ca). I recently had the opportunity to visit Terza Loggia (I was… Read More THE REMARKABLE “HEMISPHERES” OF TERZA LOGGIA: HOW RENAISSANCE PAINTED THE MODERN WORLD / INSIDE THE VATICAN PALACES # 4