Category Archives: Handicrafts

Pietro Piffetti, the Cabinetmaker of His Majesty, Madama Palace

Cabinetmaker Pietro Piffetti (Turin 1701–1777), a pivotal figure in the history of furniture and ornaments in Italy, whose inlays in ivory, tortoise, metals and precious woods have brought the production of Piedmont cabinetmaking at the top of eighteenth-century European art. In conjunction with the exhibition on cabinet making at the…

Pietro Piffetti, the Cabinetmaker of His Majesty, Madama Palace

The Ceramics and Majolica Collection, Madama Palace

The exhibition Italy of the ceramics and majolica, presents an exceptional set of ceramics and majolica produced by the most prestigious Italian manufactures, bringing together the masterpieces from private collections of Palazzo Madama. The exhibition opens in the Camera delle Guardie with a large showcase, which evokes the protagonist furniture…

The Ceramics and Majolica Collection, Madama Palace

Glass chamber, Madama Palace

The “Camera di vetro”, the new room for the decorative arts on the second floor of the Toriense museum in Palazzo Madama, entirely designed and built with the contribution of Rotary Club Torino. The room is the result of a careful study of the design and rearrangement of the “Glass…

Glass chamber, Madama Palace

Liturgical furniture collections, Milan Diocesan Museum

From the territory of the Ambrosian Diocese come all the pieces collected in the section dedicated to goldsmithery and liturgical furnishings, set up in the underground area of the building: the Lombard goldsmithery, particularly the Milanese one, has in fact always stood out for its high quality of its products…

Liturgical furniture collections, Milan Diocesan Museum

Relics and Reliquaries, Saint Roch Church Museum

Relics and reliquaries at the Church of São Roque in Lisbon is distinguished by an unparalleled collection of relics and reliquaries most of them donated to the society of Jesus in the 16th and the 18th centuries. These precious objects of art and devotion can be visited in loco in…

Relics and Reliquaries, Saint Roch Church Museum

Porcelain Gallery and De Ciccio Collection, Capodimonte National Museum

The treasures of the Porcelain Gallery in the Royal Apartments, where a selection of Neapolitan and European manufactured porcelain from the Bourbon collections is exhibited. The most famous piece of the section is the artifact in gilded and embossed silver, lapis lazuli, enamel and carved rock crystals. In rooms 35…

Porcelain Gallery and De Ciccio Collection, Capodimonte National Museum

Farnese and Bourbon Armory, Capodimonte National Museum

In rooms 46, 47, 48, 49 and 50 the collections of the Farnesian and Bourbon Armory are exhibited: these are about four thousand pieces whose first set-up dates back to 1958 and of which they still retain their original appearance. Pieces of history and high craftsmanship, where many pieces with…

Farnese and Bourbon Armory, Capodimonte National Museum

Near East, Mediterranean and Islamic ceramics Collection, International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza

For the “ancient near east” or “fertile crescent” the section, with an exemplary choice of considerable historical value, documents the transition from the Neolithic period to the Iron Age in what between the Tigris and the Euphrates was one of the cradles of the “path of man towards civilization”. in…

Near East, Mediterranean and Islamic ceramics Collection, International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza

Precolombian ceramics Collection, International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza

The International Museum of Ceramics has a rich collection, partly on display and partly in storage, of the testimonies of numerous pre-Columbian civilizations. These are mostly ceramics, with a fairly significant presence of other materials (fabrics, metalwork, stone, wood and shell artifacts). The pieces in the collection come from nine…

Precolombian ceramics Collection, International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza

Far East Ceramics Collection: China, Japan, South-East Asia, International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza

The opening of an exhibition hall devoted to ceramics from the Far East represents for the International Museum of ceramics in Faenza the goal of a long lasting project in collaboration with the National Museum of Eastern Art “Giuseppe Tucci” in Rome. About 400 ceramics will be displayed in the…

Far East Ceramics Collection: China, Japan, South-East Asia, International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza

Ornament Room, Seville Cathedral

Old office of accounts, also called room of ornaments, incomes and values of the council, located next to the chapter room. Inside, valuable objects are exposed, such as the San Fernando Banner that is believed to have been carried by the troops of Fernando III of Castilla in 1248 during…

Ornament Room, Seville Cathedral

Long term Exhibitions, Afro Brasil Museum

The Permanent exhibition encompasses several facets of the African and Afro-Brazilian cultural universes, addressing themes such as religion, work, art, the African diaspora and slavery, and recording the historical trajectory and African influences in the construction ofBrazilian society. With over 6,000 works, including paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, documents and ethnological…

Long term Exhibitions, Afro Brasil Museum

Arte Bakuba – Raffias and Velvets, Afro Brasil Museum

The exhibition “Arte Bakuba – Raffias and Velvets”, explore the natural techniques used by communities in Africa to create beautiful textiles. The Afro Brasil Museum, an institution of the São Paulo State Department of Culture, reveals the beauty, symmetry, and diversity of patterns and decorative styles of Bakuba fabrics. The…

Arte Bakuba – Raffias and Velvets, Afro Brasil Museum

Art, Adornment, Design and Technology in the Time of Slavery, Afro Brasil Museum

The exhibition “Art, Adornment, Design and Technology in the Time of Slavery”, celebrate Black Awareness Day that year, the exhibition brings together more than 70 objects from urban and rural crafts, composing a set that highlights the contributions of blacks to science and technology in Brazil. The visitor can check…

Art, Adornment, Design and Technology in the Time of Slavery, Afro Brasil Museum

African and Afro-Brazilian ethnology, Brazil National Museum (Digital Restoration)

The collection of African and Afro-Brazilian ethnologyof the National Museum was made up of approximately 700 objects. It encompassed both specimens produced by people from different regions of the African continent and testimonies of the cultural manifestations of the descendants of African peoples in Brazil. The nucleus of African objects…

African and Afro-Brazilian ethnology, Brazil National Museum (Digital Restoration)

HiSoUR – Hi So You Are

Hisour – History+Tour. Virtual Tour, Artwork Exhibition, Discovery History, Global Cultural Online.