Art
Culture
by Myra Robinson | Sun, 01/14/2018 - 06:20
A couple of weeks ago I was in Vicenza, arriving by train in time for lunch at a great little trattoria recommended to me by the local carabinieri. I’d had to…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 03/28/2017 - 10:20
It took six years to complete, but the result was worth the wait: the painstaking restoration of Leonardo’s unfinished Adoration of the Magi by Opificio delle…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 02/23/2017 - 06:00
Giovanni and Gentile Bellini, Tintoretto, Tiziano, Paolo Veronese, Cima da Conegliano, Taddeo Zuccari, Vittore Carpaccio, Giorgione, Lorenzo Lotto…the quantity…
Culture
by Georgette Jupe | Sun, 12/11/2016 - 13:58
Home to more UNESCO heritage sites than anywhere in the world, Italy has long attracted those who appreciate its rich cultural heritage, and who could blame…
Culture
by Georgette Jupe | Thu, 10/06/2016 - 05:29
Growing up, I thought of paper-mache as the ultimate find in crafty materials; the smells, the textures, and most of all the ability to form into anything you…
Culture
by Magda Lauer | Mon, 09/05/2016 - 02:20
Early days and style
Botticelli was born Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipedi in Florence in 1445 and his work has held fascination for more historians…
Culture
by Magda Lauer | Thu, 05/12/2016 - 05:49
Big George’ confuses historians
Giorgione Barbarelli da Castelfranco was the name he was known by, although his real surname was Gasparini, and he signed some…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 04/29/2016 - 03:25
Michelangelo Merisi, better known as Caravaggio, from the name of the town near Milan where he was born, was one of Italy’s most influential painters between…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Mon, 11/23/2015 - 06:45
Three armed robbers broke into Verona’s Castelvecchio Museum on November 19 and stole 17 paintings worth a total of €15 million.
According to authorities, the…
Culture
by Magda Lauer | Mon, 11/09/2015 - 17:21
Defying the bailiffs at birth
Amadeo Modigliani is remembered as much for his ‘story’ and his behaviour as his paintings. He was born on 12th July in 1884 on a…
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