December 23, 2024 11:48 am

WITHOUT LINES OR GEOMETRIC POINTS – Painting with splashes of color: the Italian Macchiaioli, between the nineteenth and twentieth century

A pictorial movement which experienced a short creative horizon, between eight hundred and nine hundred. That renewal was anti-academic, and it was a form of expression of Italian painting in the realist sense. The creativity of the Macchiaioli is realistic, and is firmly opposed to Romanticism and academic Purism. The Macchiaioli, believe that the image of the real is a …

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SO DEAR AND MUCH ONESTY SHE APPEARS – Poetry by Dante Alighieri

TANTO GENTILE E TANTO ONESTA PARE > Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare la donna mia quand’ella altrui saluta, ch’ogne lingua deven tremando muta, e li occhi no l’ardiscon di guardare. Ella si va, sentendosi laudare, benignamente d’umiltà vestuta; e par che sia una cosa venuta da cielo in terra a miracol mostrare. Mostrasi sì piacente a chi la mira, …

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THE HANDS OF ELSA – Poetry, by Louis Aragon

He was born in Paris, inside an October day, becoming poet, novelist and member of the French Comunist Party. Dadaism and Surrealism inside the life of Louis Aragon. In 1939 he married Russian-born author Elsa Triolet, and she became his muse. During the second word war, he wrote for the underground press Les Éditions de Minuit, and was a member …

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PAINTING MYTHOLOGICAL AND FANCIFUL SUBJECTS, WHILE PARIS BURNS

The story of a man, sometimes it’s special. The life of this painter, is reflected in a city. Paris, its atmosphere and its concerns, in a century incredibly eventful. PAUL BAUDRY 1/4 – He was born in Paris, in a day of autumn. In the course of his residence in Italy, he derived inspiration from Italian art, with the mannerism …

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PAINTING THE BEAUTY – Eugene de Blaas: charm and elegance, in the faces of women and in the clothes of the gondoliers

The environment induces. Living inside a circle (domestic or urban), in contact with challenging reality, it is always an excellent opportunity to enhance your creative abilities, often hidden. Visiting a city, you can also collect the attitudes of other people who, before you, have lived this experience. A perfectly proportioned man (created by Leonardo da Vinci), correlating the symmetry of …

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TRIP TO INDIA – Where it all begins, where the divine is in everyday and gestures of people

Visiting India, you need to remember the Vitruvian’s man, a perfectly proportioned man (created by Leonardo da Vinci), correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. What you see, hear, eat and feel, it’s all inside Meeting Benches way: the Vitruvian approach to life. “Namastè”, greet and smile to those you meet, because your horizon will …

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PERFUME AND TASTE OF INDIA – Smell like you, and taste as you can, but take your food only with the right hand fingers

A perfectly proportioned man (created by Leonardo da Vinci), correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. What you see, hear, eat and feel, it’s all inside Meeting Benches way: the Vitruvian approach to life. Forget the food of your house, and for once try to let you capture the flavors and scents of this cuisine …

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WHEN WILL YOU COME? – Poetry, by Meera

To learn about countries and nations, it is necessary to know their cultural latitudes. A perfectly proportioned man (created by Leonardo da Vinci), correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. What you see, hear, eat and feel, it’s all inside Meeting Benches way: the Vitruvian approach to life. WHEN WILL YOU COME? I send letters …

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