Giovanni Boldini Portrait of Princess Marthe-Lucile Bibesco 1911
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Sixteenth-century Italian portraitist Giovanni Battista Moroni spent most of his career painting the people around him in Bergamo. Prepare for close encounters…
Giovanni Boldini 1842-1931 Italië
Born on this day in 1943, poet Nikki Giovanni continues to dream the world around her into a better place.
Giovanni Boldini 1842-1931 Italië
Piranesi is considered one of the most accomplished printmakers of the 18th century. His Views of Rome brought Rome to the rest of Europe and his Imaginary Prisons influenced future movements.
Theodora, Giovanni Giacometti. Swiss (1868 - 1933)
The fantasy landscapes of his labyrinthine stairs and bridges draw our eyes inward through a puzzling sense of mystery. The spaces continue unfolding endlessly, in the darkness beneath the earth. H…
Followers of our Twitter account may remember an image we posted a few months ago on #InternationalHugAMedievalistDay, showing a woman being interrupted from her reading by a man trying to embrace her. It turns out that the story behind the image involves ancient Greece, Renaissance Italy, female intellectuals, Epicureans, misogyny...
Strictly star Giovanni Pernice is cashing in on his Strictly Come Dancing fame by launching his own cosmetics brand.
The Strictly Come Dancing star, 32, who is renowned for his womanising ways, is in a new relationship with fellow pro Jowita Pryzstal, 28.
Giovanni Boldini 1842-1931 Italië
di Laura Corchia Fra i massimi ritrattisti italiani del Cinquecento emergono, ponendosi in netto contrasto fra loro, Bronzino e Tiziano: erede il primo
The Veiled Virgin is the name of a piece of marble sculpture created by Giovanni Strazza, an Italian sculptor. As its name indicates, this sculpture is a bust of the Blessed Virgin Mary wearing a veil. The Veiled Virgin is particularly notable for its fine craftsmanship, as Strazza manages to transform the hard marble into something that reflects the softness and fineness of a real veil.
The Emperor Charlemagne kneeling in front of a plant pierced by an arrow, in Giovanni Cadamosto's illustrated herbal. The plant is called 'Carlina' and the caption explains that an angel advised Charlemagne to eat it in order to be purged of poison (London, British Library, MS Harley 3736, f. 20r)....
Black-and-white photographs of the performers show 'Aztec' children, obese boxing sisters and dozens of others made famous in the 'freak show' circuit in the 19th Century.
