Article: Art of an Alpine land: Robert Oresko applauds an ambitious exhibition in Turin that teases out the wealth and complexity of the visual culture of the 15th-century court of Savoy.(EXHIBITIONS)

Among the more significant and--because of its catalogue--durable events surrounding the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin is an exhibition at the Promotrice delle Belle Arti of over 250 paintings, sculptures, ceramics, works in wood, gold and silver, stained glass, manuscripts and books borrowed from collections in Italy, France, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, the United Kingdom and the USA. Entitled 'Corti e Citta', it is devoted to visual culture in the western Alpine region during the 15th century, focusing on the culture of the court of Savoy between the lifetime of Duke Amedee VIII (1383-1451) and the reign of his great-grandson ...

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