New research suggests that Caravaggio painted one of the Baroque era’s most dramatic nativity scenes in Naples rather than Sicily ... a discovery by a young art historian has confirmed that ...
Born on September 16, 1856 in Wismar, Germany, von Gloeden studied art history in Rostock and painting in Weimar before moving to Sicily due to ill health in the late 1870s. He opened his own studio, ...
The mosaics in Monreale cathedral, in Sicily, span over 6,400 sq m and contain 2.2 kilos of solid gold. The bodies of tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah were among those inside the ...