2023 -- The Corsonna -- https://www.barganews.com/2023/07/18/tradition-and-change-in-keanes-corsonna/

2022 -- The playing card paintings -- https://www.barganews.com/2022/02/08/keane-the-playing-cards-paintings/

2019 -- Pop Tarot -- http://www.barganews.com/2019/03/31/keane-pop-tarot-in-palazzo-pancrazi-2/

2019 -- PENNATI – ancient memories and the light box --

2017 -- the Jodorowsky tarot card paintings on paper

2016 -- Pop Tarot -- https://www.barganews.com/2016/06/17/keane-pop-tarot-in-palazzo-pancrazi/

2016 -- Aristodemo Casciani wine glasses -- http://www.barganews.com/2016/10/14/the-wine-glasses-of-barga/

2015 -- The Barga vanga paintings -- http://www.barganews.com/2017/07/15/keane-the-barga-vanga-paintings/

2013 -- The Nuns of Barga -- http://www.barganews.com/2013/08/05/final-salute-to-the-nuns-of-barga/

2012 -- The Barga Duomo paintings -- http://www.barganews.com/2014/04/12/duomo-barga-paintings/

2012 -- The death of Analogue TV paintings -- https://www.barganews.com/2012/01/21/albo-pretorio-come-galleria-keane-inaugura-la-prima-mostra/

Since the first half of the 14th century, Barga Castle has represented the oldest most northerly outpost of the Florentine. This close relationship with Florence is widely seen by the strong influence that the city exerted on Barghigiano buildings.

In addition to a direct drive through which the “capital” promoted public construction sites in the mid 16th century, it was met with considerable interest by private individuals who went ahead with building their own homes following the tastes that had matured in Florence beginning with the 15th century experiences of Leon Battista Alberti.

This is how the most important Barga families acquired homes that recall the prestigious Florentine palaces in terms of the organisation of their interiors and the layout of the external facades.

Modernisation of the town walls got underway in 1526 and the building work of the first buildings of clear Florentine inspiration began halfway through the century.

Palazzo Balduini was the first, so loyal to the Mannerist modules to make you think that architects from Florence were directly involved, characterised by kneeling windows similar to those in the Florentine Palazzo Grifoni, designed by Ammannati.

Palazzo Pancrazi is also remarkable (now home to the town council), which features elements of the Garfagnana tradition, such as the diamond-shaped ashlar around the doors and windows, also found at Castelnuovo Garfagnana, Diecimo and Pescaglia, as well as typical motifs of Florentine buildings.

Palazzo Angeli bears the coat-of-arms of the Angeli family and the Medici, sign of the family’s obedience to its rulers.

The combination of the types of the town’s buildings with a medieval town’s road network makes these buildings one of a kind. They have the prestige of having imported a building model from beyond its walls, amalgamating this with a new proposal of the themes of the rustic architecture of the Serchio Valley in an elegant style.

Keane – list of works since 1985

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