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From December 10th 2016 to January 29th 2017, the city of Cremona dedicates a relevant exhibition to Janello Torriani, inventor and genius from the Renaissance, in the exposition rooms of the “Antonio Stradivari” Violin Museum. Promoters of this project are the city of Cremona, Fundación Juanelo Turriano, Fondazione Arvedi Buschini and Unomedia. Nowadays Janello Torriani is a little known figure; while during his lifetime, his name was usually put next to that of Archimedes. He was the creator of flawless watches with complicated functions, and of amazing automata that aroused the admiration and amazement of the European Royal Houses, including Emperor Charles V and his son Philippe II, who wanted him by their side. Info: www.mostratorriani.it
On May 27, 1923, the Salsomaggiore spa complex, designed by Ugo Giusti and decorated by Galileo Chini, whose 150th birth anniversary falls on this day, was inaugurated. It is a grandiose work that reconciles memories of art nouveau, with suggestions of the Viennese secession, with motifs already in Deco taste and oriental enchantments. The exhibition […]
27/05/2023 - 17/09/2023
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In the evocative space of the former Church of Santo Stefano al Ponte, now the Cathedral of the Image, theater of Arte Immersiva, the volume Gioielli a Firenze-Jewels in Florence was presented. Fratelli Peruzzi Archive 1880-1970, edited by Bianca Cappello, published by Livorno-based Sillabe Publishing House. Patient cataloging has returned drawings, plans, notes, photos, and […]
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The Venetian Glass Archive, established in 2012, which is based on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, was recently moved to the recently restored 16th-century Sala Messina, located in the Cypress Cloister next to the exhibition aera “Le Stanze del vetro,” which has been the scene of important exhibitions for years. The Glass Study Center […]
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From May 13 to July 9, 2023, MIDeC International Museum of Ceramic Design, in collaboration with Triennale Milano, presents “The SCI, Italian Ceramic Society at the 1st Biennial Exhibition of International Decorative Arts in Monza, May 1923.” A celebration of an anniversary: at the prestigious venue in Laveno Mombello, in the province of Varese, the […]
13/05/2023 - 09/07/2023
