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PARIS, Jan 12 — A rare painting by German painter Bernhard Strigel will be offered for auction on February 4 at Artpaugée. This painting on wood was rediscovered last summer in a private home in the French city of Toulouse. The Angel in a Yellow Tunic panel depicts an angel holding a...

You know the deal: mankind became civilized somewhen during the Sumer|Sumerian/Egypt|Egyptian era, reached a kind of plateau during Pericless Athens, r...

Medusa, one of the most feared figures in Greek mythology, as portrayed by Rubens. Credit: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Bilddatenbank/Public DomainThe representation of females in Greek mythology, including the Gorgon Medusa, has often included frightening images and ideas showing men’s fear of female power and their need to control — or destroy — this power.Like the…

By Marco Venturini WiR: How and to what extent has the university world been affected by the covid-19 pandemic and what measures have been put in place by La Sapienza to alleviate the consequences of the various lockdowns? AP: The covid-19 pandemic, which arrived unexpectedly throughout the country, forced universities to react promptly so as not to interrupt teaching and to guarantee the right to study. In my opinion the response of the whole university system was very effective. In the secon...

Reynolda Gardens Presents American Gardens in the Arts and Crafts Movement Community Event Sunday, April 11, 2021 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm Bookmarks joins Reynolda Gardens and the Institute for Classical Art and Architecture (ICAA), North Carolina Chapter for a virtual event featuring author of Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Judith B. Tankard is a landscape historian, author, and preservation consultant; in her newest book, Tankard surveys the inspirations, characteristics, and deve...

Romes La Sapienza rated top university in the world for Classics 04 Mar, 2021 La Sapienza University in Rome has been ranked the top university in the world for Classical Studies and Ancient History in the 2021 edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings. The result, which reconfirms rankings held in 2018 and 2019, sees Rome knock Oxford off the podium and also makes La Sapienza the only Italian university to boast an absolute first place at an in...

The British Museum curator Ian Jenkins and I were unlikely allies. I remember, as a postgraduate student, thinking him terrifying – not just academically conservative (everyone whose heels I was snapping at in those days was liable to that charge) but potentially disapproving. Sixteen years later, he and I were going through the draft of my book Classical Art: a Life History in his tiny office in the British Museum, paper everywhere. He was the only specialist in Greek art, other than my hu...

Many would consider Amersham an unlikely place to find the model of ground-breaking British architecture which effectively launched the International Modernist style in Britain. Whilst those of us lucky enough to live here realise we have many architectural gems, few are aware of the international significance of High & Over. The house created a stir when it was designed in 1929 by Amyas Connell. As a student, in 1926 he won a prestigious architecture award for a residency at the British Sc...

To you your point makes this place so special is that the old factory has been brought to new life and its very important to me that we dont abandon locations like that. shouldnt just be turned into architectural rubbish dumps. a second exhibition features another austrian stuff cliff kemp was initially influenced by historical paintings and mirrors and then made a decisive break with tradition. over the course of his career clipped began to emancipate himself from classical art he founded the v...

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