Artists and Movements

THE KISS BY RODIN: WHAT IT PORTRAYS AND WHERE YOU CAN ADMIRE IT The Kiss by Rodin is one of the most famous depictions of love in art. Displayed at the Exposition Universelle of 1889, the sculpture was created using Michelangelo’s “non finito” (not finished) technique. In this post I’ll explain who the two lovers […]

THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA BY THEODORE GERICAULT: WHAT IT REPRESENTS AND WHERE IS ON DISPLAY The Raft of the Medusa is one of the great masterpieces painted by Théodore Géricault. A huge painting which has become the symbols of the struggle of the weakest against privileges, describing an event that really happened and which […]

PSYCHE REVIVED BY CUPID’S KISS: WHERE IS LOCATED, WHO COMMISIONED IT TO CANOVA, WHAT IT REPRESENTS Psyche revived by Cupid’s kiss is one of the most beautiful and famous sculpture groups by Antonio Canova. It represents the meeting between two young lovers and is the metaphor of the eternal struggle between rationality and instinct, between […]

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 […]

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC: 5 THINGS TO KNOW Toulouse-Lautrec was a nobleman, an ill man, a heavy drinker, and had a passion for women. His works completely renovated the art world, paving the way to modernity and being able to describe the Belle Époque in Paris, when the city was the capital of art. Here are 5 things […]

  SALVATOR MUNDI: WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO LEONARDO DA VINCI The Salvator Mundi attributed to Leonardo da Vinci was sold at auction by Christie’s on November 15th 2017 for $ 450.3 million. This is a world auction record: by far, this is the most expensive work ever sold at auction, and […]

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC WORKS: 4 WORKS TO KNOW THE ARTIST To know who Toulouse-Lautrec was Italy hosts one of the most complete monographic exhibitions ever displayed in Italy. The artist who more than others was able to modernize the art of the late 19th century, is celebrated with an exhibition which is on view until February 18th 2018 […]

GUERNICA BY PICASSO: 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MOST INTENSE PAINTING OF THE 20TH CENTURY According to Picasso Guernica was the town that more than others had suffered the horrors of war. This is the reason why Guernica became the subject of his most important masterpiece and the most representative work of the 20th […]

BOTTICELLI’S BIRTH OF VENUS: 5 THINGS TO KNOW To paint The Birth of Venus Botticelli drew inspiration from the myth about the birth of Venus, who was born out the sea foam in front of the island of Cyprus. To depict the Birth of Venus Botticelli drew inspiration from mythology and literature, creating one of […]

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 […]

CARAVAGGIO: THE PAINTINGS BY MICHELANGELO MERISI  Caravaggio is famous both for his adventurous life and the anguished realism of his works. His existence was a succession of works of genius and coups de theatre, conflicts with his clients, which caused even the refusal of some of his works and violent brawls. Caravaggio in his paintings […]

MONET’S WATER LILIES: 5 THINGS TO KNOW To Monet painting the Water Lilies meant painting no longer like an Impressionist artist, but experimenting something completely new. The Water Lilies are a series of paintings painted between 1897 and 1926 by Claude Monet, who is considered the father of Impressionism, but also the artist who was […]

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI: 5 THINGS TO KNOW Painter, sculptor, architect, Michelangelo Buonarroti was one of the greatest masters of the Renaissance. His works are among the greatest masterpieces of the history of art, and are characterized by monumental bodies and twisted busts, which mark the surpassing of the idea according to which art has to imitate […]

PABLO PICASSO: 5 THINGS TO KNOW Pablo Picasso is the most important artist of the 20th century. Charismatic and irascible, he loved women but, probably more than any other thing he loved himself. If I had had the chance to meet him, I would have certainly hated him, or I would have fallen at his […]

THE LAST SUPPER BY LEONARDO DA VINCI: 5 THINGS TO KNOW The Last Supper is a work which, together with The Mona Lisa, has entered the collective consciousness, and in fact when you hear about the Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci’s work comes to your mind immediately. But what do we actually know about this […]

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 […]

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 […]

THE STARRY NIGHT BY VAN GOGH. WHY VAN GOGH PAINTED IT, WHAT IT REPRESENTS, WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT In The Starry Night Van Gogh represents the most visionary night in history of art. Before this painting the night had never been so intense! It’s one of the most famous paintings by Van Gogh, in […]

THE VITRUVIAN MAN BY LEONARDO DA VINCI: WHY IS IT CALLED THAT? The Vitruvian Man is considered the most perfect example of symmetry, and is one of the most famous drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, the artist of Last Supper. Every time we take a 1 € coin we can admire its perfection, but what is […]

ANDREA PALLADIO: WHO HE WAS AND WHAT HE DID Andrea Palladio was born in Padua in 1508 into a family of humble origins. At the age of almost 13 he began his apprenticeship as a stone cutter in Padua, and then he attended the workshop of the most important sculptors in Vicenza, Giovanni di Giacomo […]