Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Italian Masterworks from Glasgow Museums Travel to Milwaukee Art Museum

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Cavaliere d’Arpino (Giuseppe Cesari), Archangel Michael and the Rebel Angels, ca. 1592–93.
WISCONSIN---Opening in fall 2014, the Milwaukee Art Museum welcomes some of the biggest names in European art in Of Heaven and Earth: 500 Years of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums. The exhibition debuts in Milwaukee on Thursday, October 2. Displayed in five chronological sections, Of Heaven and Earth will include paintings originating from the principal artistic centers of Italy—Rome, Milan, Bologna, Florence, Siena, Naples, and Venice—and will present the works of artists such as Giovanni Bellini, Sandro Botticelli, Domenichino, Francesco Guardi, Salvator Rosa, and Titian alongside those of lesser-known masters. [link]

Milwaukee Art Museum: "Of Heaven and Earth: 500 Years of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums" (Ends January 4, 2015); 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee, WI; (414) 224-3200; mam@mam.org