In the 13th and 14th centuries Bologna blossomed into an intellectual hub; home to the oldest university in Europe, the city became the foremost centre of manuscript production in Italy and supported a thriving community of scribes, artists, scholars and booksellers. This display at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville (5 November–30 January 2022) includes some 70 objects, ranging from law textbooks to illuminated manuscripts, sculptures and paintings. Find out more from the Frist’s website.
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Tomb of Lorenzo Pini (detail of the left panel), Paolo di Bonaiuto.
The Sixth Day of Creation (early 14th century), Seneca Master. Cleveland Museum of Art
Virgin and Child (c. 1332–24), Giovanni di Balduccio. Detroit Institute of Arts
The Beheading of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, from Stories of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1330), Master of Saint James at the Battle of Clavijo. North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh