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In China, following in the footprints of Matteo Ricci

/pico/system/modules/it.mibac.pico.template/templates/Emmanuele Yu Wen-Hui (known as Pereira), Portrait by Matteo Ricci, 1610, oil on canvas, 120x95 cm, Rome, Church of Jesus (deposit)

In commemoration of the four-hundred anniversary of the Jesuit's death, the Region of Le Marche announces the organisation of a travelling exhibit entitled “Matteo Ricci. Encountering the Ming Civilisation in China” , curated by Filippo Mignini, director of the Matteo Ricci Institute for Eastern Relations. The exhibit will appear in three locations: Beijing (February 6th – March 20th), Shanghai (April 2nd – May 23rd), Nanking (June 4th – July 25th). Li Madou is the name given to Matteo Ricci (Macerata, 1552 ‐ Beijing, 1610) in China, were he was buried: the Jesuit earned the trust of a population diffident towards the foreign “devil”, to the point of being the only Westerner next to Marco Polo present in the great monument of Beijing to the Chinese heroes of the second millennium. For his profound respect for other culture, and for his natural diplomacy, for his incredible ability of the art of its memory and for his wise use of dialogue, he was able to earn the title of Xitai, “the master of the Far East”, playing a crucial role in the relationship between Italy and the Middle Kingdom. His intelligence led him to act as an intermediary for ancient knowledge betwe...

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“Restoration: More than a job – a mission”

Giovanni Carbonara, director of the Specialisation School for Monument Restoration at the Valle Giulia School of Architecture at “La Sapienza” University of Rome, speaks of a field that represents Italian excellence, of its potential for...

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Tiepolo in Bergamo: Colour experiments from the first part of his mature period

An itinerary in the Lombardian city to discover the paintings created by the artist in the Colleoni Chapel, in the Church of All Saints and in the Cathedral. Preparatory works by the artist are safeguarded in the gallery of the Carrara Academy

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Enzo Cucchi's visionary tower

With its anthropomorphic figures and suspended shapes, the Marche artist's new installation in the foyer of Rome's Museum of Contemporary Art offers an intimate and visionary journey into primordial feelings and images

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Fashion memory, in a large archive from the 20th century

Launching the three-year Ministry of Culture project, which will turn into a single documentation container distributed among three centres, and in both academia and the corporate world. Sketches, photographs, film clips and newspapers will be acces...

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Oscar Savio's impossible shots

Now on display at Rome's MACRO, black and white images by the photographer through whose lens more than twenty years of Italian architectural history come alive

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