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This lavish catalogue presents sketches made en plein air between the end of the eighteenth century and late nineteenth century. It accompanies a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington (USA), the Fondation Custodia (France) and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (UK).In the (...)

In occasione del Cinquantesimo anniversario della scoperta dei Bronzi di Riace, avvenuta il 16 agosto 1972, il Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio Calabria ha invitato i principali Musei autonomi della Magna Grecia e tutti i Musei archeologici della Calabria e a collaborare per la creazione di (...)

In praise of folly: on the fool and the jester in Flemish art According to medieval theologians, faith is a deadly serious business. Humour and virtue are irreconcilable, because laughter is uncontrollable and escapes the control of reason. A modest smile is permitted. But laughing loudly, grinning (...)