Stephen N. Fliegel

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Maiolica

In the 1490s, the Italian humanist, Giovanni Pontano, extolled the virtues of dining as one of the most important social…

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It is natural to focus upon sculpture and painting when visiting Italian museums. Italy’s international reputation in the arts is…

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Visitors to the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Italian Trecento gallery will notice that it is dominated by a painting from…

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Some of the most sublime works of art produced in Italy during the Middle Ages and early Renaissance related to…

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Il Messale Caporali è opera di Bartolomeo e Giapeco Caporali, fratelli perugini considerati due degli artisti umbri più importanti del…

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Florence is rightly regarded as the epicenter of the Renaissance. Each summer, the city teems with visitors from around the…