Works of art

THE TURKISH BATH BY INGRES: EVERYTHING YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT THE PAINTING The Turkish Bath by Ingres is an exercise of imagination! It’s one of those masterpieces originated from the creative mind of a great artist who, inspired by the description given by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife of the British ambassador to Turkey, painted a […]

MEDUSA BY CARAVAGGIO: WHERE IT IS HOUSED AND ITS MEANING Medusa by Caravaggio is splatter! I do believe that if he had lived nowadays, Caravaggio would have become a film director like Quentin Tarantino, and those who saw “Pulp Fiction” and similar movies, know what I’m talking about. Medusa by Caravaggio is characterized by a shocked […]

MEANING OF BOTTICELLI’S PRIMAVERA: DESCRIPTION, CHARACTERS I have wondered many times which the true meaning of Botticelli’s Primavera could be, a work that after hundreds years from its creation still exerts a great fascination on a wide public. After the post the Birth of Venus and Botticelli’s muse it was time to describe the other great masterpiece […]

GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE AND THE FLOOR SCRAPERS Gustave Caillebotte and the Floor Scrapers are the most representative example of how much artists and masterpieces are ignored by the general public and which, instead, are more significant than they look. Gustave Caillebotte is the Impressionist painter who more than others was overcome by Claude Monet and for this […]

DEGAS’S DANCER: THE LITTLE DANCER OF FOURTEEN YEARS Degas’s dancer is beautiful and delicate but she has a sad story and every time I see her I can’t help thinking about what she had to go through. The statue, exhibited at the Sixth Impressionist Exhibition of 1881, was found in Degas’s studio after his death in […]

 WHERE YOU CAN ADMIRE THE KISS BY KLIMT AND WHAT IT PORTRAYS The Kiss by Klimt is one of the most famous kisses in history of art and, in fact, I put it on the special list of the Famous kisses: 5 masterpieces talking about love. Romantic, delicate, precious, the painting is one of Gustav Klimt’s […]

A MASTERPIECE BY BOTTICELLI AT THE UFFIZI GALLERY: THE CALUMNY OF APELLES There’s a masterpiece by Botticelli at the Uffizi Gallery, next to his famous “Primavera” (“Spring”). It’s a small painting which always runs the risk of passing unnoticed, but if you know it you can’t help but looking at it, because is full of […]

THE LAMENTATION OVER THE DEAD CHRIST BY MANTEGNA: WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE MOST AMAZING ARTWORK OF THE 15TH CENTURY The Lamentation over the Dead Christ is considered one of the most beautiful, intense and moving artworks of the 15th century. We know neither when nor for whom it was painted, but what is certain […]

THE VENUS OF URBINO: 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MOST SENSUAL PAINTING BY TITIAN The Venus of Urbino is one of the most sensual paintings by Titian. It was one of the most famous paintings of the 16th century, and there were many copies and reproductions over the following centuries. Here are 5 things […]

MICHELANGELO’S DAVID: WHERE IT IS AND WHO THE HERO REPRESENTED IS Michelangelo’s David is one of the early works by the great Florentine artist, who was only 26 years old when he started working on it, but he was already famous for his unique talent. The work was commissioned by the Opera di Santa Maria […]

STILL LIFE: CARAVAGGIO AND THE BASKET OF FRUIT Still life Caravaggio. Caravaggio’s Basket of Fruit is considered to be the first Italian still-life painting, a pictorial genre which already existed and had a long tradition behind, and whose undisputed masters were the Flemish painters. In Italy the use of still life was only a decorative […]

BOTTICELLI’S VENUS: THE BIRTH OF VENUS AND BOTTICELLI’S MUSE Botticelli’s Venus. The days I spent in Florence in January were characterized by rest and relaxation, and those who followed me on Instagram could see what places I visited and what artworks I admired. The most exciting day was the day I dedicated to my visit […]

The Pietà Rondanini is Michelangelo Buonarroti’s last work, and perhaps also his most intense and moving. An unfinished masterpiece that does not showcase the artist’s technical perfection, but rather his profound spirituality, human fragility, and the urgency to leave behind an artistic and inner testament. Today, it can be admired at the Castello Sforzesco in […]

THE NIGHT WATCH Rembrandt painted The Night Watch in 1640 on commission from the doctor Frans Banning Cocq, who also commanded a company of harquebusiers, the Kloveniers. This painting is Rembrandt’s masterpiece, and the artist was paid 1,600 guilders, and according to the documents, each person portrayed gave him 100 guilders.

WORKS BY INGRES: THE SOURCE Works by Ingres. When I visited the exhibition dedicated to Impressionism in Treviso I was impressed that the among the first paintings on shown there were some portraits by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, a leading figure of Neoclassical painting, a style which would be overwhelmed by Impressionism. But it’s the first time […]

AMOR SACRO E AMOR PROFANO (SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE): TITIAN’S MYSTERIOUS PAINTING Amor sacro e amor profano (Sacred and profane love). Titian was one of the most important Renaissance artists, and his works entered the most prestigious private and public art collections in the world. Among them there was Cardinal Scipione Borghese’s art collection. In […]

Did you know that in Milan there is a place made to amaze? The church of Santa Maria presso San Satiro is one of the most spectacular churches you can visit in the historic centre of Milan and holds a treasure: Bramante’s fake apse. Bramante’s fake apse in Milan’s Santa Maria presso San Satiro