When Nazis and fascists looted homes and churches, the artworks were often repainted to disguise them. Through diagnostic analysis, the history can be uncovered. You might wonder how our world, the world of art scientists, could be involved with war and with freedom?...
Why visit TEFAF, one of the most beautiful antique shows in the world, if you’re not a museum director or a collector with a seven-figure budget? Perhaps to grasp the opportunity to see wonderful artworks that in many cases will have appeared for the last time...
A foundation is not always right: all acquitted in the Bolzano trial related to five alleged fake “De Dominicis” The evidence brought by the prosecutor, namely the De Dominicis Foundation, which argued the inauthenticity of 5 works from a private...
Artistic language arises as a means of communication, a way to convey emotions, ideas, and values. Art has deep roots in human history. It likely emerged when men and women wanted to give meaning to the crucial moments of their existence, writes Desmond Morris in...
For some time, the topic of heritage preservation as a means of educating society has been approached in various ways. Invited by the president of the Rotary Club of the island of Procida, along with Dr. Salvatore Di Liello, professor of History of Architecture at the...
Etruscan? A long debate followed the discovery of the so-called Prenestine Fibula, found in Palestrina, ancient Praeneste, since its official presentation in 1887 by the German archaeologist Wolfgang Helbig. The 10.7 cm long golden jewel bears the Latin inscription...
