Works of art

WORKS OF ART IN ROME: THE UNMISSABLE MASTERPIECES Which are the works of art in Rome you can’t miss and you must see in this city that will amaze you in each corner? In this post you’ll find a list of the unmissable works in Rome, that is to say the works everyone should see […]

MAGDALENE WITH THE SMOKING FLAME BY GEORGES DE LA TOUR: MEANING AND WHERE TO SEE IT What is the secret that makes Magdalene with the Smoking Flame by Georges de La Tour a charming painting? Certainly the light but also the enveloping darkness, peculiar features of Georges de La Tour’s painting made up of characters lit […]

MADONNA OF THE CHAIR BY RAPHAEL: CURIOUS FACTS AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PAINTING In the Madonna of the Chair Raphael describes one of the most delicate and tender scenes of all his artistic production. It seems that this painting emanates an infinite tenderness that I could hardly resist when I was in front of it and I exchanged […]

ECSTASY OF SAINT TERESA BY BERNINI: 5 THINGS TO KNOW The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa by Bernini, also known as “Transverberation of Saint Teresa”, is the work than more than others describes the religiousness of the 17th century, made up of mystical experiences which involve both spirit and body. In this post I’ll talk about the […]

THE VAULT OF THE CHURCH OF SAINT IGNATIUS IN ROME AND THE TRIUMPH OF ILLUSIONISTIC PAINTING: 5 THINGS TO KNOW In 1685 Andrea Pozzo, an artist and Jesuit scholar, was commissioned to decorate the vault of the Church of Saint Ignatius in Rome. His optical illusion effects give birth to a decoration that still today […]

THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH CANON VAN DER PAELE BY VAN EYCK: 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT A MASTERPIECE The Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele is one of the largest and most famous masterpieces by Jan van Eyck. In terms of size it is second only to the Adoration of the Mystic […]

APOLLO AND DAPHNE BY GIAN LORENZO BERNINI: 5 THINGS TO KNOW How many times have you looked Apollo and Daphne by Bernini for endless minutes? It often happens to me, and when I stayed before this amazing sculpture I couldn’t help but turn around it to observe it from all angles! In this post I encourage […]

FLORENCE CATHEDRAL TICKETS: HOW TO BOOK AND SKIP THE LINE Florence Cathedral tickets where to find them and how to organize a visit to one of Europe’s largest churches? In this post you will find all the information to book tickets that allow you to skip the line and visit not only the Duomo but also Brunelleschi’s Dome, […]

MICHELANGELO’ S PIETÀ: 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE VATICAN PIETÀ If I think of Saint Peter’s Basilica, the first work of art that comes to my mind is Michelangelo’s Pietà. What about you? It is impossible for you to enter St. Peter’s Basilica and not to notice one of Michelangelo’s masterpieces, the most poetic […]

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 […]

THE FOURTH STATE: WHERE IT IS AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS The Fourth Estate is the result of a long journey by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, who for the first time in the history of Italian art represents the rise of the labour movement in the social life of the country and does so as if […]