December 21, 2024 2:54 pm

A TRAIN, TWO SISTERS AND A DIABOLIC THIEF – Angela e Luciana Giussani, beautiful and cultured, in an unprecedented enterprise

A crime story and the birth of a cartoon character Their comic book also inspired a film, a radio show, an animated TV series and countless parodies. Two Italian sisters, Angela and Luciana Giussani  (born in Milan in 1922 and 1928), becomed famous for Diabolik, their comic book anti-hero series created in 1962, that has sold more than 150 million …

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A PAINTER OUT OF THE SCHEMES – Giorgio Morandi, the painter who transforms the environment into works of art

A formal rigor imbued with meditation and contemplation Having become one of the most original protagonists of Italian painting of the twentieth century, he is considered among the greatest world engravers. The works of Cézanne and Picasso influenced him. Born in Bologna into a July day 1890, Giorgio Morandi https://www.focus.it/cultura/arte/giorgio-morandi studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, studying …

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THE SICILY OF AN EDITOR, IN STILL IMAGES – Enzo Sellerio, neorealist photographer and poet of disenchantment

A concrete commitment, as part of the Sicilian reality after World War II. Among his publications are books about traditional Sicilian artifacts. His black-and-white photographs depicted public aspects of Sicilian life. There is the world seen from Sicily in his photographic shots, where he captured the wonderful images of the small streets of Palermo, where the children of Kalsa with …

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THE IRRIVERENT STYLIST OF THE FASHION WORLD – Franco Moschino, the pop stylist of Italian fashion

A stylist and his way of doing fashion For him, a nonconformist fashion designer who loved to be considered a painter and decorator, there was no creativity without chaos. To finance his studies, he worked as a freelance fashion illustrator for fashion houses and magazines. Franco Moschino https://www.moschino.com/eeu_en/ was born in Abbiategrasso, had interested in fine art and moved to …

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ARTURO’S ISLAND, NOVEL BY ELSA MORANTE – Writing about a strange hope, which at times weakens consciences, as if it were a vice

When no affection in life equals that of the mother Perhaps also for you, as for her, nature leads you to consider the games of the unexpected too arbitrary, sometimes more than they are. Italian novelist, poet and children’s books author, with her novel History, entered in the List of 100 Best Books of All Time. Except for a brief …

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TRIP TO ITALY – You may have the universe if may travelling Italy

You do not need a therapist, just a good travel agent for Italy There are books on travel that can change your life, offering you the opportunity to take unusually original or completely banal itineraries. What matters is to leave light – inside and out – gathering the essence of traveling even while walking in Italy, sometimes invisible to the …

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KNOWING PASSIONATE AND PRACTICAL AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS – Where creative language it has a vocabulary of six people

To know excessive creativity If the time has come to change even in your life, decide to go to Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCgKd7oghLI. You will have to learn to relate to its large spaces, where Aboriginal culture and cosmopolitan cities seem to integrate incredibly together. Within these endless red-painted horizons, the Indian Pacific train connects two cities, Sydney and Adelaide. Give yourself …

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THE MAKING OF A NATION AND A CARTOONIST – Monty Wedd: When a picture being worth a thousand words

Discovering Australian stories He studied art and sold his first comics Bert and Ned and Captain Justice. He was a kind, generous man, always willing to pass on information about Australian artists and cartoonists. Adjoining the Williamtown air base (Newcastle, New South Wales), you will find museum contains military uniforms, toy soldiers. If you look in a corner, you will …

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TO DISCOVERING SALTBUSH BILL AND THE WITCHETTY’S TRIBE – Eric Jolliffe, Australian Cartoonist and Illustrator

Drawing Australian bush and outback subjects He was a master at depicting the Australian bush and outback subjects, including Aboriginal lifestyles and customs. Australian cartoonist and illustrator, Eric Jolliffe https://www.invaluable.com/artist/jolliffe-eric-1mf1tggqwy/sold-at-auction-prices/ was born in Portsmouth (England), inside a January day, in 1907. In 1911, his family migrated to Perth, Sydney and Balmain. He spent six years working as a boundary rider …

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A VISIONARY EXPLORER OF TWILIGHT ZONES – Bill Henson: When photographs are romantic painterly tableaux

Male and female, between youth and adulthood  His long-term relationship with a Luminism painter has been as mutually influential on their art. His aesthetic features by his use of chiaroscuro lighting and blurred backgrounds. He carefully employing light, as if it is a tool to highlight drama.  Born into a 1955 October day in Melbourne (Australia), Bill Henson https://www.facebook.com/BillHensonArtist/ studied …

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ESSENTIALS PIECES AND UNTAMED VOLUME – Aje, the fashion brand dedicated to tough femininity and effortless cool

Balancing toughness with femininity With a fan base that includes Madonna and Kate Moss, their design duo have established themselves. Their creations illustrate a reflection of their learnings and background, with training at the acclaimed Venetian Art School. Founded in 2008, it is a contemporary fashion brand dedicated to tough femininity. Pioneer of Australia’s quintessential style, Aje’s signature https://ajeworld.com.au/ it …

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THE WOMAN WHO LOVED A COUNTRY BURNED BY THE SUN – Dorothea Mackellar, Writing from the heart, imagination and experience

A lyrist of color and light, in love with the Australian landscape She loved a land of wide plains and its frayed mountain ranges that merged into distant horizons. For her contribution to Australian literature, in the New Year’s Day of 1968, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. She travelled with her parents through …

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A 30 YEARS MUSICAL JOURNEY – Midnight Oil, antipodean pub rock version of Queen

From Sydney’s Royal Antler Hotel to the Exxon Building in New York The group have inspired artists outside of popular music, including poet Daniel Nester and painter Nicholas Harding. Also known under the nickname The Oils, they are an Australian rock group originally from Sydney, which started playing in 1972. In 1975, the group rechristened itself Midnight Oil https://www.midnightoil.com/. After …

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