RECOMMENDATIONS
Real and Virtual Resources Recommended by our Experts and Curators
ART IN ROME THROUGH TIME
Luca's Recommendations
Books
The Rome Guide: Step by Step Through History's Greatest City by Mauro Lucentini
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, by Mary Beard
A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome: Daily Life, Mysteries, and Curiosities, by Alberto Angela
The Timetables of History, by Bernard Grun
Travel
PARIS FASHION ODYSSEY
Lauren's Recommendations
Books
About Time: Fashion and Duration by Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fashion Plates: 150 Years of Style
by Yale University Press
Travel
Exhibition: About Time: Fashion and Duration, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibition: Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto, City of Paris Fashion Museum
TRAVEL BOOK CLUB: TUSCANY
Chiara's Recommendations
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Luca’s Recommendations
Books
Leonardo. The Complete Paintings and Drawings by Frank Zöllner, Johannes Nathan
Leonardo da Vinci, by Walter Isaacson
Leonardo da Vinci Notebooks (Oxford World’s Classics)
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Travel
Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy
Royal Academy, United Kingdom
ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI
Luca's Recommendations
Books​
​Artemisia, by Letizia Treves - Catalog accompanying the blockbuster exhibition at The National Gallery, London
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Websites
An Allegory of Peace and the Arts, Orazio & Artemisia Gentileschi
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Travel
The National Gallery, London - Home to Artemisia’s Self Portrait as St. Catherine of Alexandria and location of blockbuster exhibition from Dec 2, 2020 - Jan 24, 2021
Marlborough House, London - Home to oil paintings by Orazio & Artemisia Gentileschi
Spada Gallery, Rome - Home to Artemisia’s only painting in Rome
RAPHAEL
Luca's Recommendations
Books
Raphael: A Passionate Life, by Antonio Forcellino
Raphael, Painter in Rome: A Novel, by Stephanie Story
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Websites
Raphael, Google Arts & Culture
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Travel
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