The Joshua Roll is a rare Byzantine illuminated manuscript in scroll form, blending classical Hellenistic style with imperial ideology to narrate Joshua’s conquests as a celebration of divine and military triumph.
The Month of January
The Cycle of the Twelve Months at Torre Aquila is a rare fresco series blending aristocratic leisure, peasant labor, and changing seasons into a vivid, poetic vision of medieval life in Trentino.
The Flight
Braque’s The Flight transforms birds into poetic abstraction—where motion, memory, and nature dissolve into rhythm, evoking a meditative passage from physical form toward artistic and existential freedom.
Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora
The Chora Church of Constantinople, shaped across centuries of rebuilding and patronage, embodies the Palaeologian Renaissance through its luminous mosaics and frescoes, merging imperial history with profound spiritual artistry.
Watercolours of the Acropolis: Émile Gilliéron in Athens
The Met’s Gilliéron watercolours revive early Acropolis discoveries in vivid colour, blending archaeology and artistic reconstruction to reveal how Archaic Greek sculpture once appeared in its original, polychrome splendour.
Last Supper in Pompeii
The Last Supper in Pompeii exhibition explores Roman food culture through vivid frescoes, mosaics, and artefacts, revealing everyday banquets and civic generosity in the richly preserved world of ancient Pompeii.
Hercules and the Lion of Nemea
The Byzantine silver plate of Hercules and the Nemean Lion showcases late antique mastery, merging mythological power and refined craftsmanship in a dynamic composition of strength, tension, and classical elegance.
Cimabue – Giotto – Duccio
Cimabue, Giotto, and Duccio mark the shift from Byzantine tradition to early Renaissance naturalism, where painting begins to explore space, emotion, and human presence with unprecedented realism and spiritual depth.
Telling us goodbye…
Graceful yet sorrowful, two ancient girls bid farewell, immortalized in Parian marble—tender gestures, delicate birds, and quiet emotion capturing timeless beauty and the poignancy of parting.
The Magic of the Olive Tree
Inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s love for olive trees, young students explored their magic—through myth, harvest, taste, and art—discovering the olive tree as a timeless symbol of life, learning, and gratitude.