Keith Miller works at the Telegraph and is the author of ‘St Peter’s’ (Profile)

Piecing together ancient Rome, one fragment at a time

At the new museum of the Forma Urbis, slabs of the famous map of the city now lie literally beneath visitors’ feet

11 Sep 2024

How to eat beans in the baroque style

A rustic painting by Annibale Carracci highlights how the act of eating in art has long been tied to class and status

27 Mar 2024
Piazza Navona (detail; 1699), Caspar van Wittel. Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan to the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

The Dutchman who shaped our view of Italy

Celebrated abroad, but little known at home, Caspar van Wittel more or less singlehandedly invented view painting

11 Apr 2019