Artists and Movements

There are artists who paint reality and others who transform it, then there is Giuseppe De Nittis, who manages to do both with luminous and silent grace. When I first saw one of his paintings, a street in Paris with elegant ladies and galloping horses, I thought: it’s like stepping into a period film, but […]

If you have ever taken a photo while moving and ended up with a blurred trail, you may have unwittingly captured the essence of an entire artistic revolution. It was precisely there, in that simple, everyday gesture, that Giacomo Balla found the inspiration for one of the most striking paintings of Futurism: “Dynamism of a […]

Imagine walking inside a dream, but not just any dream, a bizarre, disturbing, unsettling dream. A dream in which birds talk, furniture floats, and the laws of reality elegantly bend to those of imagination. Welcome to the world of Max Ernst. I first encountered Ernst in a quiet gallery. It was one of those days […]

Some people are born under a lucky star, and then there is Guido Reni, who painted saints, Madonnas, and even pagans under the stars. A beloved painter in his time (and in ours), the undisputed master of Italian art in the 17th century, Reni is one of those artists who manages to please everyone: lovers […]

There is an artist who, if he could, would be an influencer of walks in the woods, melancholic sunsets, and existential questions. His name is Caspar David Friedrich, and he painted as if he had a microphone connected directly to his heart (his and ours). When I saw one of his works in person for […]

After having explored the life and works of Filippo Brunelleschi, the brilliant architect and father of the Renaissance, today I propose to dive into the fascinating world of Lorenzo Ghiberti, another important protagonist of Florentine Renaissance art. Known primarily for his creation of the famous ‘Gates of Paradise,’ Ghiberti was a multifaceted and talented artist […]

DEGAS’S MOST BEAUTIFUL WORKS YOU SHOULD KNOW AND WHERE TO ADMIRE THEM A post dedicated to Degas’s most beautiful works and where to find them. Degas was basically a solitary artist. He had a difficult character, he was introverted, and his life was completely devoted to art. He is famous for the dancers he depicted in […]

LIFE AND WORKS OF CATHARINA VAN HEMESSEN, A FLEMISH FEMALE PAINTER Catharina van Hemessen is the first Flemish female painter whose life and works are known. Her story and works, together with those of many other female artists, make us rewrite a piece of art history where women played an important role, not only as muses […]

THE LIFE OF CARAVAGGIO: 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT MICHELANGELO MERISI The life of Caravaggio, birth name Michelangelo Merisi, is as adventurous as a novel, where the marvel arisen from his works combines with the mysteries of his violent life made up of excess. “When there’s no energy, there is not colour, no shape, there is no […]