Italian Art for Travelers
Your passport to culture, history, and art

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Leonardo’s Last Supper: Why it’s Magnificent

Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper is one of his most admired and recognizable art works. It is iconic, has been reproduced endlessly, parodied

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Art History Mysteries

Four mysteries: one is a painting with no clear meaning, an unexplained self-portrait, Botticelli's muse, and a da Vinci painting that might

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From Caesar to Mona Lisa

How would you like to be remembered? That selfie you took on vacation, a wedding photo, or image from a family gathering? We consciously...

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Entrepreneurial Best Practices from Michelangelo and Leonardo

Art is a business The making and selling of art may not be the world’s oldest profession, but it has been a commercial endeavor for...

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The Business of Art – And More Thoughts on Selling Leonardo

2017 made art news with the attributed Leonardo da Vinci painting selling for an unheard-of price. This raises some interesting questions...

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Saving the World for $450 Million

Is Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi real or a copy? Experts disagree.

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Art Battles: Michelangelo vs. Leonardo, Raphael and Titian

Four Renaissance masters. Individually they were artistic geniuses. Collectively their bodies of work are considered the epitome of the...

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First Thoughts to Cartoons: Italian Renaissance Drawing

The Italian language is expressive and the terms used to describe art are evocative and just fun to say out loud. Terms like chiaroscuro...