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Higher education
fromHarvard Gazette
1 month agoLike seeing art of Roman chapels in technicolor for first time - Harvard Gazette
Students learned centuries-old stucco sculpting techniques through hands-on practice, gaining deeper understanding of Renaissance and Baroque artists' material choices and creative processes.
History
fromMedievalists.net
1 month agoGiotto and Saint Francis Featured in Major Medieval Art Exhibition in Italy - Medievalists.net
Italy's 2026 exhibition celebrates Saint Francis's 800th death anniversary by showcasing Giotto's revolutionary artistic innovations and their impact on medieval sacred art across Umbria.
Miscellaneous
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month agoVatican expands visitor experience at St. Peter's Basilica to mark 400th anniversary
St. Peter's Basilica will expand terrace access, add a larger snack bar, online reservations, multilingual Mass translations, and a Michelangelo-styled font for its 400th anniversary.
fromwww.dw.com
1 month agoItaly: Remains of St. Francis displayed in Assisi
For the first time in nearly eight centuries, the general public was able to see the remains of one of the Catholic Church's best-known saints. The patron saint of Italy's remains have been resting in a stone sarcophagus for centuries. On Saturday, the coffin was ceremoniously transferred from the crypt to the lower church of the Basilica of St Francis of Assisi. The display will last one month and end on March 22.
History
fromianVisits
2 months agoTickets Alert: Open days to visit Pope's Grotto
Alexander Pope bought a villa next to the Thames in Twickenham in 1719 and, at some point shortly afterwards, decided to dig a grotto underneath the house. Atmospheric grottos were a popular folly for the rich to build, but while most are little more than small shallow spaces, Pope dug a long tunnel and two rooms deep under his house.
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