News and Posts
All · Exhibition · Artwork · Publication
Italy · USA · Germany · France · United Kingdom · Spain · Switzerland
Video highlight: Présentation de l'exposition Revoir Cimabue. Aux origines de la peinture italienne (in FRENCH)
Exhibition "Revoir Cimabue" in January to May 2025, at the Musée du Louvre. By reuniting forty monumental works, the video offers a vivid masterclass on how Cimabue revolutionized 13th-century painting through unprecedented emotional depth and naturalism.
A New Look at Cimabue - At the Origins of Italian Painting
Louvre - For the first time, the Musée du Louvre is dedicating an exhibition to Cimabue, one of the most important artists of the 13th century.
Video recommendation: Sunday at The Met—Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350
The Met, New York - The discussion shines a spotlight on the innovative painting techniques of Duccio, Simone Martini, and the Lorenzetti brothers, detailing how their material choices forever changed the trajectory of Western painting.
Recommended publication: Techniques of Painting and Gilding in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy
Egg Tempera and Gold Leaf on Wood Panel - While many admire the sublime beauty of a finished gold-ground panel, Betka invites us into the bottega—the workshop—to witness the rigorous discipline required to achieve such divinity.
The Rasini Crucifixion Crosses the Atlantic
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut, acquired the small gold-ground Crucifixion.
Video highlight: Exhibition Tour— Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350
The Met, New York - For readers of Fondo Oro, this production serves as a spectacular visual archive, beautifully illustrating how delicate gold-ground panels, textiles, and metalwork combined to establish a revolutionary narrative style.
When the frame is not an afterthought
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain, October 7, 2024 – January 21, 2025