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OSTERIA OLIO (355 Oneta St., 762-316-1818): Is there still room for more high-end restaurants in Athens? Sure, why not? Osteria Olio, the brand-new swanky restaurant that’s part of the brand-new swanky boutique hotel Rivet House, is the first place in 28 years of living in this town where I have had my car valet parked. There is no other option unl...

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Just five minutes from downtown Athens lies one of the Classic City’s newest restaurants: Osteria Olio, which opened its doors on June 7, 2024. Osteria Olio resides within Rivet House, a hotel on the historic northside of Athens. Both businesses are owned by James and Jessica Whitley, a local Athens couple. Rivet House and Osteria Olio are managed...

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Pontormo, del Sarto, Foschi. One of these names is much less of a household name when it comes to 16th-century Italian art, but the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia aims to change that this January.  “Wealth and Beauty: Pier Francesco Foschi and Painting in Renaissance Florence,” organized by Nelda Damiano, the museum’s Pierre Dau...

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“Master, Pupil, Follower: 16th- to 18th-Century Italian Works on Paper,” on display at Georgia Museum of Art through March 8. Drawing was at the core of Renaissance art and from the 16th century on Italian artists focused on drawing just as much if not more so than painting. Giorgio Vasari, an influential Italian painter, architect and historian, r...

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In early-17th-century Rome, painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio sparked an artistic revolution in the Eternal City. Painters from all corners of Europe traveled to Rome to see his work and emulate his handling of light and dark, use of live models, dramatic staging and striking realism. Caravaggio’s style drew a huge following and altered the...

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In early-17th-century Rome, painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 – 1610) sparked an artistic revolution in the Eternal City. Painters from all corners of Europe traveled to Rome to see his work and emulate his handling of light and dark, use of live models, dramatic staging and striking realism. Caravaggio’s style drew a huge following a...

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Renaissance Marriages: During the Italian Renaissance, exquisitely decorated wooden chests known as cassoni were an important part of marriage rituals. Typically commissioned in pairs by the bride’s father as part of her dowry, the chests existed as an expression of the family’s wealth, and represented new alliances between elite families. While so...

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