by admin | Nov 20, 2022 | Art-Test News, Authentications & attributions, Cutural Heritage, Publications, Restoration
Legend, history, art and diagnostics A volume has just been published by Pendragon that traces the history of the Bolognese icon known as the Virgin of Saint Luke, which dominates the city from Monte della Guardia where it is kept. The volume traces back the sources...
by admin | Nov 20, 2022 | Art-Test News, Cutural Heritage
1922 saw, in the month of September, the death in Florence of the Stefano Bardini, an exceptional character of whom we tried to sketch a portrait in a previous article , given that this year is the centenary of his passing. This time we focus on the compelling story...
by admin | Oct 3, 2022 | Conferences, Cutural Heritage, Fakes
The “VERO-FALSO” (TRUE-FALSE) conference, organized by Art & Dossier for Giunti, and Treccani, as part of TourismA, on one of the most recently debated topics, was an extraordinary success, enriched by the presence of high-profile speakers. It opened with a...
by admin | Oct 2, 2022 | Art Word, Conferences, Cutural Heritage, Discoveries, Exhibitions, Fakes
The richness of the Florence Biennale of Antiques this year enchanted us. In Florence we are used to being surrounded by beauty, but the comparison with other antiques fairs that have been held around the world and especially in Europe, this year is stunning. The...
by admin | Oct 2, 2022 | Art Word, Conferences, Cutural Heritage, Exhibitions
Precisely in these days, in which Florence has celebrated antiques at their highest level in the Biennale hosted at Palazzo Corsini, we like to remember that just 100 years ago, on 12 September 1922, in Florence died Stefano Bardini (1836-1922), who can rightly be...
by admin | Oct 2, 2022 | Authentications & attributions, Cutural Heritage, Discoveries, Fakes
The reason why Galileo Galilei, the famous Italian mathematician and astronomer, was condemned by the Church was a book, not the telescope. But even before the book, it was a letter to Benedetto Castelli, his pupil and close friend, to get him into trouble. A...
