Meeting Benches World art in all forms
FEDERICO FARUFFINI (1831/1869), ITALIAN PAINTER– Between Pictorialism and Scapigliatura
AT A CASEMENT – Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City / Portrait of a Man and Woman
In 1420, he was admitted to the Carmelite Friars community (Priory of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Florence), after his parents had died. The little treasure – Portrait of a Man and Woman at a Casement – was born ca. 1440. With a view onto a landscape, this is the earliest surviving double portrait in Italy. The little painting …
Read More »THE BURGEON OF BURTON’S BURDEN
She was a princess, he was one of her father’s common soldiers. The couple suffer the fate of defiant youth in medieval romances: Hildebrand is sentenced to death, but he can meets Hellelil, for their last encounter before his sentence is carried out. This artwork (watercolour on paper), is held by the National Gallery of Ireland, in Dublin http://www.nationalgallery.ie/planavisit and …
Read More »ANOREXIC – Poem by Eavan Boland
Eavan Boland is an Irish poet and feminist. She was born in Dublin and was educated in London and New York. Her first book (In Her Own Image), established her reputation as a writer (on specifically feminist themes and on the difficulties faced by women poets in a male-dominated literary world). She is professor of English at Stanford University and …
Read More »SOMETIMES NO NEED TO BE FRUGAL
He received the nickname “Peasant Bruegel”, for his practice of dressing up like a peasant in order to socialize at weddings and other celebrations. Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a Flemish Renaissance painter, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. He was an astoundingly inventive painter, with painting in oil in the Low Countries, and its spread to Southern Europe. …
Read More »ITALIAN PILGRIMAGE – Passing near Ortona, you can distract yourself for free at the fountain, with good local red wine
Everyone loves to travel, but not everyone likes to do it the same way. What you can do is have the time, within your life. Meeting Benches. The way to make the world better is easy. info@meetingbenches.com to share emotions, observing new creative horizons. Try to make a special trip to the discovery of the Journey of St. Thomas. The …
Read More »HALLOWEEN’S ART: THREE DISTURBING PAINTINGS, TO MAKE UNFORGETTABLE YOUR NIGHT
Everyone loves to travel, but not everyone likes to do it the same way. What you can do is have the time, within your life. Meeting Benches. The way to make the world better is easy. info@meetingbenches.com to share emotions, observing new creative horizons. Try to make a special trip to the discovery of several famous paintings that show the …
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FIRST TIME IN INDIA?
Yes, you too can go to India, because India is the origin of everything. India is a country where the divine is in people’s gestures. India is a magical universe of people and landscapes, with plots so complex that they can intimidate the traveler. If you plan to visit India, some travel tips can be helpful to you too. When …
Read More »BOOKS THAT WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE BEAUTY OF HINDUISM
MEETING GOD: ELEMENTS OF HINDU DEVOTION – Stephen P. Huyler This volume seeks to enable western readers to witness the devotional practices of the Hindu people. It features photographs documenting the spirituality of common men and women in India, accompanied by definitions, descriptions and stories of Hindu individuals at worship. https://www.amazon.com/Meeting-God-Elements-Hindu-Devotion/dp/0300089058 The author provides descriptions of the many devotional …
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