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  Here the bow tie is reduced to the lowest terms: formed by only one bow and only one extremity, one next to the other.

  THE EMPERESS THEODORA AND HER COURT CHURCH OF SAN VITALE, RAVENNA The imperial crimson violet cloak which is worn by Theodora, wife of the emperor Justinian, is embroidered on its border with the figures of the three Magi. Tunic with gem-studded embroidery, diadem with a double row of pearls …

  On one side there is only one bow, while the two extremities face each other regularly.

  Turin’s “Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli” is going on until next August 29, a show that is truly not to be missed. It is a large selection of works from an unconventional museum, rich of stimuli, both in content and in preparation, as few institutional spaces can be. We …

    King porcelain clothing, decorated with fragments of ancient Chinese dishware, of broken bowls and cups… Nothing strange if it is simply about a sculpted dress, about a marvellous object to be admired in the reliquary of a museum. Art has made us used to everything, and many artists …