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LA DIANA is the journal of the School of Specialization in Art History of the University of Siena (SSBSA), now in a new online edition. A space for discussion of the research work carried out by the School, it is open to contributions of Italian and international scholars interested in sharing the results of their investigations in a transgenerational perspective.

LA DIANA supports and promotes different views on contemporary practices of art history, within a special attention to the contexts of production and reception of artworks and to the history of culture and ideas.

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Davide Lacagnina, University of Siena, Italy

Autorizzazione del Tribunale di Siena | Registro dei Periodici n. 4 del 26/02/2021, Direttore responsabile Sara Lilliu

ISSN: 2784-9597


The Call for Papers is out now and submissions can be handed in till October 31, 2024. 
All information are in the Call for Papers Section

Current IssueNo 10 (2025)

Published March 20, 2026

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Table of Contents

Editorial

Editorial
Davide Lacagnina
5-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ladiana-4049

Studies

Illusive mural polyptychs: typology, distribution, and mapping between the 14th and 15th centuries in Tuscany, Umbria, and Northern Italy
Omar Nappini
10-48
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ladiana-4050
Some recent studies on papier-mâché sculpture in Southern Italy, with additions from Basilicata
Bruno Carabellese
49-64
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ladiana-4051
Rome-Turin 1903–1913. A Feminine Path in Craftsmanship and Employment, Emancipation and Recognition of the Artistic Profession
Anna Maria Panzera, Emanuela Termine
65-99
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ladiana-4052

Contributions

Objects of Performance Art Between Conservation and Safeguarding
Andrea Daffra
101-116
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ladiana-4053

State of art

Panel painting in the Late Middle Ages between tradition and new opportunies (with special reference to Tuscany)
Victor M. Schmidt
118-142
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ladiana-4056

Reviews

Alessandro Angelini, Arte di corte nell’Europa del Seicento, Velázquez, Bernini, Poussin, ed. Carocci, Roma, 2024, pp. 336
Daniela del Pesco
144-147
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ladiana-4057
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