The Castello del Buonconsiglio preserves the vivid “Ciclo dei Mesi” fresco cycle, where Master Venceslao contrasts rural labour and aristocratic leisure, revealing medieval visions of seasonal order and social hierarchy.
The Month of August
Jean Toomer’s Harvest Song resonates with the Torre Aquila, where Master Venceslao depicts August’s labor and leisure, binding human toil to a timeless seasonal rhythm.
Pollaiuolo’s Apollo and Daphne
Ovid’s Metamorphoses provides the poetic source for Apollo and Daphne, where desire and escape culminate in transformation, as Renaissance Florence reinterprets myth into an idealised vision of unattainable love and beauty.
The Month of July
July at Torre Aquila celebrates idealized summer: nobles enjoy falconry while farmers labor in lush Trentino fields, a vivid, harmonious vision of prosperity crafted to glorify princely rule and order.
Bernardo Bembo and La Bencina
Renaissance Florence’s courtly love shines in Bembo and Ginevra de’ Benci: poetry and portraiture entwine, where ideal beauty, chastity, and longing inspire verses—and Leonardo’s enigmatic, psychological masterpiece.
The Month of June
June at Torre Aquila celebrates the arrival of summer: nobles dance and stroll through lush landscapes while peasants labour in mountain pastures, uniting courtly leisure and rural life in vivid harmony.
The Month of May
Master Wenceslas’s May fresco at Torre Aquila celebrates spring as aristocratic delight and rural renewal, where blossoming nature, courtly love, and Alpine prosperity merge into a radiant vision of medieval life.
Virtual Italian Weekend
During COVID-19, let Art wash away life’s dust — join us for a virtual Italian weekend in San Gimignano, the magnificent towering hill town, from the comfort of your home.
The Month of April
Master Wenceslas’s vibrant April fresco at Trento’s Torre Aquila captures a flourishing 15th-century spring — farmers, elegant ladies and fertile landscapes celebrating nature’s awakening under wise governance.
Correggio’s Jupiter and Io
Correggio’s Jupiter and Io masterfully twists Renaissance harmony into Mannerist excitement — Io’s sensuous, entwining body against Zeus’s dark cloud creating an unforgettable contrast of texture, colour and desire.