Oscar-winning actor Roberto Benigni red from Dante on Monday May 4, 2015, in the Italian Senate, spearheading a constellation of celebrations in Italy to mark the 750th anniversary of the medieval poet’s birth.
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Category: Arts
Beato Angelico’s Lamentation displayed with Turin Shroud
The public presentation of the Shroud of Turin will be complemented by a famous 15th century painting The Lamentation of Christ by Renaissance master Beato Angelico.
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Pre-Etruscan tomb discovered in Volterra
Archaeologists investigating a potential building site near Volterra discovered a tomb dating from pre-Etruscan times, the Tuscan city announced on Thursday.
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Gherardo delle Notti and the bizzarre paintings
The Galleria degli Uffizi opens the Florence 2015. Art for a Year exhibition season with the first monographic exhibition ever devoted to Gerrit van Honthorst, a Caravaggesque painter from Holland better known to the Italian public by the nickname of Gherardo delle Notti.
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Sharing an experience during the #MuseumWeek
Some 50 Italian museums take part in global #MuseumWeek. Event brings institutions together via Twitter social network.
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Hidden Greek Bronze to unveil in Florence
After lingering for more than a century in storage at the Archaeological Museum of Florence, an historical bronze horse head once owned by Lorenzo the Magnificent is undergoing restoration.
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Van Gogh, a multimedia experience in Florence
The Van Gogh Alive multimedia exhibit that opened in Florence this week through April 12 vies to redefine a traditional museum experience by projecting high-definition images of Vincent Van Gogh’s masterpieces in larger-than-life scale.
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Found Leonardo portrait of Isabella d’Este
A lost painting attributable to Leonardo da Vinci seized in Switzerland is a portrait of Mantua Marchesa Isabella d’Este, one of the leading patrons of the Italian Renaissance.
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Pope Francis: Dante is a Bedrock of Italian Culture
Italy cannot deny that Dante Alighieri is fundamental to its national identity, Pope Francis said on Thursday February 5, 2015.
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Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World
Starting 14 March 2015 Palazzo Strozzi in Florence will be hosting a major exhibition showcasing some of the ancient world’s most important masterpieces of sculpture with exhibits from leading Italian and international museums.
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