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		<title>Here&#8217;s looking at you, kid . . Rome, ca. 1598</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the other incredible works of art visible at Palazzo Barberini is one (below) by Michelangelo Merisi, aka Caravaggio (in self-portrait here). While it might not be one of his most famous pieces, its impact upon viewers today (as well as those 400 years ago!) is really no less than that from his major canvases.&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/art-archaeology/caravaggio-narcissus/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Untouchable?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GB Bernardini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t mess with perfection, right? There&#8217;s a reason they&#8217;re called &#8220;masters&#8221;, no? As in, the be-alls end-alls of Renaissance art, key figures in the development of all western art, immutable&#8230; Wrong! Take this painting for example. The photo is of the painting as it appeared until 1934. Until then, it was just a painting,&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/art-archaeology/raphael-unicorn/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Old Fragment Found</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GB Bernardini</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Il Bambin Gesú delle Mani]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vasari, our 16th century proto-Art Historian, writes that Pinturicchio: &#8220;&#8230;painted, above the door to the private rooms, Ms.Giulia Farnese in the likeness of Our Lady Mary; and within the same painting the figure of Pope Alexander prone in adoration.&#8221; So far so good&#8230; weren&#8217;t it for the fact that the private rooms in question were&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/art-archaeology/fragment/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>L&#8217;Arte della Bottega</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are moments when traveling that are so rare I hesitate to breathe in too deeply for fear of breaking the spell. My day with Annamaria in her pottery studio was one of those times. Located in this lesser known region of Le Marche, La Bottega dei Vasai has been using traditional techniques here since&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/art-archaeology/arte-della-bottega/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Palazzo Farnese</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gretchen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows the High Renaissance Palazzo Farnese in Rome. Many try to go visit and some succeed, though it is generally closed to the public as it houses the French Embassy. It began as a palace for the Farnese family in the 16th c., with construction undertaken first in 1513, an initiative that was thwarted&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/art-archaeology/palazzo-farnese/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Sabina</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GB Bernardini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As far as paleochristian churches go, Santa Sabina on the Aventine hill is hard to beat. Although heavily restored throughout the ages, it maintains all the characteristics of the earliest churches in Rome. The layout is the standard converted Roman basilica, basically a covered public space, with its wide central nave and two narrower aisles&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/art-archaeology/santa-sabina/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Muragghi</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folks don&#8217;t generally come to Sicily to look at a pile of rocks&#8230; although that’s too bad, because they’re missing out on muragghi. The land in the province of Ragusa is more rock than earth, and making a field into a piece of tillable land meant getting rid of the stones, an enormous amount of&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/art-archaeology/muragghi/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Italian Impressionists</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katharina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tucked inside the Pitti Palace is one of Florence’s lesser-known museums, and even more obscure chapter in art history. Inside the “modern” art gallery you’ll find paintings representing the movement known as the Macchiaioli. Often touted as the Italian cousin of the more famous French Impressionism, the Macchiaioli actually predates the Impressionists by nearly a&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/art-archaeology/italian-impressionists/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pinacoteca Ambrosiana</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, a public art gallery, was established in 1618 alongside the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, the library. Federico Borromeo, the archbishop of Milan, founded the picture gallery for the students of the Academy of Painting and Sculpture so that they might visit and be inspired. From the outside it’s a simple building, but inside is&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/art-archaeology/pinacoteca-ambrosiana/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sgraffito&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graffiti as a work of art? Amid the complaints of tourists and locals alike that graffiti is an eyesore, there is one place where it is considered a treasure. Casoli is a small village carved into the side of a steep ravine in Northern Tuscany. Each year a contest is held in June for examples&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/art-archaeology/sgraffito/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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