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Vincenzo Castella's Renaissance Italy in Photographs at ICCD Rome

exhibition · 2026-04-27

A solo exhibition of Vincenzo Castella's photographs, curated by Francesca Fabiani, is on view at the Istituto Centrale per la Catalogazione e la Documentazione (ICCD) in Rome. The show presents 50 works acquired through the Strategia Fotografia project, depicting Renaissance cities such as Pavia, Rome, Florence, Venice, Loreto, and Mantua. Castella's large-format color prints, devoid of human presence, emphasize light and color to evoke the melancholic tragedy of antiquity and religious humanism. Fabiani notes the Flemish clarity and natural light in the images, where detail and materiality—wood, marble, water, air—are central. The exhibition runs until a date not specified in the source.

Key facts

  • Exhibition of Vincenzo Castella's photographs at ICCD in Rome.
  • Curated by Francesca Fabiani.
  • Part of the Strategia Fotografia acquisition project.
  • 50 photographic works are displayed.
  • Depicts Renaissance cities: Pavia, Rome, Florence, Venice, Loreto, Mantua.
  • Castella was born in Naples in 1952.
  • Photographs feature no human presence.
  • Large-format color prints with natural light.

Entities

Artists

  • Vincenzo Castella

Institutions

  • Istituto Centrale per la Catalogazione e la Documentazione (ICCD)
  • Strategia Fotografia
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Rome
  • Italy
  • Pavia
  • Florence
  • Venice
  • Loreto
  • Mantua
  • Naples

Sources