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Reconsidering Raphael’s Father By Roderick Conway Morris.
Reconsidering Raphael’s Father. First published: International Herald Tribune © Roderick Conway Morris 1975-2013 An interesting article about Giovanni Santi. I went to the exhibition too!
Posted in Giovanni Santi, History of Art, Religious art, Renaissance paintings
Tagged Giovanni Santi
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Palazzi nobiliari di Corinaldo/Corinaldo’s historic houses.
Il dépliant dell’Albergo Diffuso, che elenca alcuni palazzi nobiliari corinaldesi, ci ha ispirati a farne il giro a piedi. Abbiamo cominciato col Terreno, la piazza alberata alla sommità della città. Questa piazza ci ha delusi al nostro primo arrivo; “dov’è il caffè?”, … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Corinaldo, History of Art, Religious art
Tagged Claudio Ridolfi, Palazzo Brunori, Palazzo Cesarini Duranti, Palazzo Cesarini Romaldi, Palazzo Delle Meraviglie, Palazzo Fata Ottaviani, Palazzo Marcolini, Palazzo Orlandi, Palazzo Palma-Marangoni, Palazzo Rossi Ricci, Palazzo Sandreani, Vincenzo Cimarelli
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Addio turismo, buongiorno accoglienza .
L’economia italiana rimane sempre in crisi; il PIL è cresciuto da solo ,3%, e 43% dei giovani sono disoccupati. Molti puntano sul turismo per guadagnare soldi dall’estero e dare lavoro ai giovani. Il sole, il paesaggio, l’arte, la storia, l’archaeologia, … Continue reading
Posted in Borghi dell'entroterra, Churches, Corinaldo, Food and drink, Hill towns, History of Art, Libraries, Museums, Religious art, Tourism, Where to eat
Tagged Armoguasto, Corinaldo, enoteca, Fossombrone, IAT, Osteria de Scuretto, Pro Loco, prodotti tipici, Ripe, San Claudio al Chienti, Serra S Abbondio
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The Englishwoman encounters a mermaid and a gryphon at San Vito sul Cesano
We’re going to resume our much-interrupted journey along the valley of the River Cesáno and the Roman road which runs alongside it. We’ve already visited the ruined Roman town of Suasa, on the other side of the river, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Cesano Valley, Churches, History of Art, Religious art, Romanesque Churches, Valcesano
Tagged gryphon, mermaid, San Vito sul Cesano, Valcesano
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Help create a league table of hill-towns in Le Marche
With acknowledgements to The Sunday Times travel section 15.09.2013 The Sunday Times reports that the French have found their favourite village. What’s your favourite hill town in Le Marche? Here is a check-list freely adapted from The Sunday Times. All … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Borghi dell'entroterra, Entertainment, Festa, Hill towns, History of Art, Libraries, Religious art, Vacation, Where to eat
Tagged Architecture, Arts, August, Corinaldo, Hill town, Marche, Mondavio, Music, Ostra Vetere, Sunday Times
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Federigo da Montefeltro, patron of the (Not Terribly Good) artist, Justus of Ghent (Joos van Wassenhove)
Well, come on, let’s face it, he’s not terribly good, is he? What did Federigo see in him? This is the ruler, the courtyard of whose palace creates a deep feeling of inner peace amid the summer heat and crowds, … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Frescoes, Giovanni Santi, Hill towns, History of Art, Museum, Religious art, Renaissance, Renaissance paintings, Urbino
Tagged Alessandro Sforza, Communion of the Apostles, Federigo Montefeltro, Giovanni Bellini, Giovanni Santi, Giusto di Gand, Justus of Ghent, Luca Signorelli, Paolo Uccello, Piero della Francesca, Vespasiano da Bisticci
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More about Giovanni Santi, the artist Raphael’s father
I can’t resist sharing this quote from Civilisation, by Kenneth Clark, art historian, (rich, leftish, money from Clark’s cotton reels), father of the [more?] famous Alan Clark, politician and diarist, (rich, right-wing, money from Clark’s cotton reels), about Giovanni Santi, … Continue reading
Raphael was not Perugino’s pupil, but Giovanni Santi’s
Giovanni Santi, Raphael‘s father, was not a bad artist himself – see June Osborne’s book, Urbino, the story of a Renaissance City, by June Osborne: Frances Lincoln, 2003. (University of Chicago Press in the USA) which I referred to in my previous post. Although Giorgio Vasari in … Continue reading
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