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Astrolabes and Armour: The Studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro at Urbino

Astrolabes and Armour: The Studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro at Urbino

Art History, Early Renaissance, Out of Town

Tweet At the heart of Federico’s Palace at Urbino, of which I spoke in my last post, was his studiolo, a tiny inner sanctum for study and reflection, and a place which served to advertise his erudition to visitors. Created by 1476, its lower level is clad...
“The light of Italy”: The Ducal Palace at Urbino

“The light of Italy”: The Ducal Palace at Urbino

Architecture, Early Renaissance, Out of Town

Tweet On the slopes of the Apennines, almost in the centre of Italy towards the Adriatic, is situated, as everyone knows, the little city of Urbino. … Among the blessings and advantages that can be claimed for it, I believe the greatest is that for a long time...
Antoniazzo Romano – Pictor Urbis: Rome’s home-grown Renaissance painter

Antoniazzo Romano – Pictor Urbis: Rome’s home-grown Renaissance painter

Art History, Centro Storico, Churches, Early Renaissance, High Renaissance, Late Medieval Art, Melozzo da Forli', Renaissance, Rome

Tweet I’ve always been rather fond of Antoniazzo Romano (1430/5-1510), a Rome-born mid-fifteenth century artist who bound the developments of Florentine painting to the medieval traditions of religious art, creating an inimitably Roman style. He rose to prominence...
Heavens Above: A few thoughts about ceilings

Heavens Above: A few thoughts about ceilings

Art History, Baroque, Michelangelo, Renaissance, Rome, Vatican

Tweet Recently I’ve been thinking about ceilings. Elaborately painted ones to be precise. A couple of weeks ago I took a group of 41 seventeen-year-old girls from the James Allen’s Girls’ School, plus their teachers, to see two of them. In the morning we visited the...
My favourite short cut: Smells, Bells & The Cappella Carafa

My favourite short cut: Smells, Bells & The Cappella Carafa

Art History, Centro Storico, Churches, Early Renaissance, Fresco, Rome, Santa Maria sopra Minerva

Tweet A lazy stone’s throw from the Pantheon, the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva takes its name from its position above an ancient temple dedicated to Minerva. It’s my absolute favourite short cut in Rome, enter on Piazza della Minerva and leave by the back...
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The Trevi Fountain in the rain. The Trevi Fountain in the rain.
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...and then after a long pause we had the secondo ...and then after a long pause we had the secondo for supper: stuffed pocket of veal and amazing sort of aligot and cabbage. Thanks to @santopalatoroma for cheering up a wet, grey day no end! #longsundaylunch
Part 2: @santopalatoroma’s lasagna. The lasagna Part 2: @santopalatoroma’s lasagna. The lasagna that all lasagne dream of becoming. #lockdownlunches
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