Considered by many scholars the first Cubist work, actually, Les demoiselles d’Avignon doesn’t decompose completely the volumes yet, but simplifies the forms.
With this painting Picasso inaugurates a new season of art and provides the bases for what would be real Cubism.
Here are 5 things to know about Pablo Picasso’s painting.
Les demoiselles d’Avignon by Picasso
To visit Milan in one day you need organization and a pair of comfortable shoes.
It’s an efficient city and full of history, and is probably the most European-feeling cities in Italy, in the sense that you go to Milan for tourism but especially due to business reasons, but also to get inspired by the latest novelties in fashion and art.
I’ve already written the post What to see in Milan: the museums you must see, which is a guide to the museums to see in Milan in one day.
In this post, instead, I would like to recommend different and unusual itineraries. Here are my tips on what to do and what to see in Milan in only one day.
What to do in Milan in one day
Van Gogh Museum works you must see to avoid exiting the museum, which is the necessary stop of any journey to Amsterdam, without stopping in front of the most important masterpieces.
It’s not easy to make a selection of the most important works of art, because it’s not only the museum housing the world’s largest collection of paintings by Van Gogh, but it’s a journey into the anguished life of the painter.
For more information about his life, read the post Vincent Van Gogh: 5 things to know. Instead, to discover which works to admire at the Van Gogh Museum of Amsterdam, this is the post you need.
Van Gogh Museum works
Who better than Giovanni Boldini was able to paint women? No one, I suppose, because Boldini in his paintings did not portray only a woman, but rather described her elegance and character.
Established himself in Paris between the 19th and the 20th centuries, Boldini was the artist of the Belle Époque. In this post you’ll find 5 things you must know.
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Biennale Architettura 2020 what to see and where to go, without missing the best of an event all dedicated to living together.
The title of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition is “How will we live together?”, chosen by curator Hashim Sarkis who asks architects to imagine and suggest spaces in which we can generously live together.
As usual the Biennale gathers in Venice artists and thinkers, critics and world famous architects causing quarrels, scandals, protests, inspirations.
So, you need a guide, or rather a survival kit.
In this post you’ll find all updates on the Biennale Architettura 2020 what to see, where to go and what to do.
