Feb 8-9 conference in Cortona
Feb 8-9 conference in Cortona regarding Church of San Francesco’s art and history of the architecture
Bibliography
Luigi & Kate Agnelli, St. Francis in the Holy Land: The Illustrated Story in Celebration of the 800th Anniversary of the Meeting between Francis and the Sultan (Cortona, 2019) Salvatore Attal, Frate Elia: Compagno di San Francesco (Roma: Edizioni Arkeios Srl, 2016) Domenico Basili, Ricognizione delle Ossa di Frate Francesco e Frate Elia (Cortona: Calosci,…
Professor Tom Henry and 500th anniversary of death of Signorelli
Professor Tom Henry, the world’s leading expert on Luca Signorelli, is collaborating with the Friends of the Church of San Francesco to plan the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the death of Signorelli in Cortona in 2023. Professor Henry is not only a consummate scholar and prolific author but also an inspired teacher of…
Recent Signorelli exhibition at the Capitoline Museum in Rome
The Capitoline Museum in Rome recently hosted an important exhibition on the life and work of Luca Signorelli, Luca Signorelli and Rome: Oblivion and Rediscovery, which was billed as “a celebration of one of the greatest stars of the Italian Renaissance.” The exhibition was extended in recognition of the importance of Signorelli as the…
New Book by Gioia Olivastri: Cortona and the Rediscovery of Humanism
Soon-to-be released book by Tuscany native Gioia Olivastri, Cortona and the Rediscovery of Humanism, recounts the fascinating history of the Church of San Francesco in Cortona. Olivastri reveals new details about the church’s founding by St. Francis of Assisi’s right-hand-man Brother Elia in the mid-13th century, dissects its celebrated collection of rare relics and Baroque…
Who Is Luca Signorelli?
Luca Signorelli is one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance. A student of Piero della Francesca, he went on to influence Raphael, Perugino and, last but not least, the divine Michelangelo. Signorelli was born in about 1450 in the Tuscan hill town Cortona, more recently made famous by Frances Mayes’s best-selling memoir Under…