Italy. Glasgow. Milwaukee. Together, the cities make for an interesting diversity of geographic points, and they all come together via Milwaukee Art Museum's current exhibition: Of Heaven and Earth: 500 Years of Italian Paintings from Glasgow Museums. Included are a variety of stylistic periods, from the Renaissance to Realism, explored with an inherently Mediterranean sensibility.

It's a show that broadly traverses the territories of "heaven" and "earth" suggested in its title. The exhibition's opening is particularly strong, with works by important Renaissance artists representing some of the most popular types of painting from their day.

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