December 24, 2024 5:35 pm

TO BE BELOVED – Giacomo Leopardi

Remembered for his intensely pessimistic attitude towards the human condition and life, he was a significant figure of the Italian Romanticism era. The extraordinarily lyrical quality of his poetry, made him a central protagonist in the European and literary and cultural landscape. His own literary evolution, created a remarkable and renowned poetic work, related to the Romantic era. Giacomo Leopardi …

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THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN BRONZE – Cartoceto di Pergola / Italy

All we know, is that the statues were cast between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD. That equestrian group, is the only one of its kind to have survived from the Roman age. The group includes two horsemen and two women (whom experts have not yet been able to identify). For the men, most suggest Nero, Julius …

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WHEN MIRRORING YOURSELF, YOU SEE AN APPLE – Cristina Bernazzi

CRISTINA BERNAZZANI 1/3 – Of all her personal favorite pieces, she loves one in which a woman climbs a tree branch to look in a mirror (but only to see an apple instead of her reflection). For she, design is a language that goes beyond words. For that she cannot imagine existence without drawing and painting. She was born and …

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79 AFTER CHRIST, LIKE YESTERDAY – The new excavations of Pompei

Six new homes – recently reopened, all together – they offer a whole an extraordinary visual landscape over the life of this Roman city, in the years that preceded the eruption of Vesuvius (in 79 AD). All persons entering the places of archaeological excavations of Pompei, http://www.pompeiisites.org/index.jsp?idProgetto=2 have the opportunity to choose between two paths: the first opportunity is the one …

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HONEYMOON IN THE JUNGLE, BUT ON THE TREE – Tambopata / Peru

In Tambopata (on the border with Brazil, along the banks of the Madre de Dios River), you can experience the hotel Inkaterra, in Perù. When you arrive to your destination, even for you will open special doors, Inkaterra Machu Picchu http://www.inkaterra.com Get ready to enjoy a surreal scene, inside a forest floating in the clouds. Get ready for a pleasant …

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AN ACADEMIC BEAUTY, FULL OF ELEGANCE AND GRACE – Paul Baudry: while inspiration comes by the XVIth century Italian painting

PAUL BAUDRY 1/3 – He was born in 1828 in the Vendée. His painter’s talent, from the first revealed itself as strictly academical, full of elegance and grace. In the course of his residence in Italy, he derived strong inspiration from Italian art (with the mannerism of Correggio). He remain an important portrait artist, who did not limit himself to …

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NEW ROOMS FOR BOTTICELLI AND RENAISSANCE – Uffizi Gallery / Florence

Beautiful light, it is true? The natural lighting from above, comes from deep splays practiced in the ceiling. After the work of renewal of the Uffizi Gallery, http://www.uffizi.beniculturali.it/index.php?en/200/information back in the public eye even 9-15 salt, ie those dedicated to the early Renaissance. Among the construction of new exhibition spaces and renovate existing facilities, go up to 7000 square meters …

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CREATING A PARALLEL WORLD OF PAINTING – Adrian Borda: shades of color, between the classic and the modern

ADRIAN BORDA 1/3 – His paintings are a great visual exercise, the viewer returns again and again to meet them with new elements that had happened unnoticed the first time. He is a surreal painter and passionate photographer. Works in private collections all over the world, since he started to sell on eBay (United States, Hungary and Canada, France, Switzerland …

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