Art
Culture
by Laura Morelli |
The birth of Christ — the Nativity — is one of the central images of Christian iconography and an immensely popular subject for Italian artists through the…
Culture
by Liz Shemaria |
Olafur Eliasson’s installation in Palazzo Strozzi’s courtyard is dizzying. The 36 x 26 ft flickering moiré pattern of two overlaid grids called Under The…
Culture
by Laura Morelli |
October brings the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, one of Italy’s most popular saints. Today, we associate Saint Francis with humility and self-imposed…
Culture
by Laura Morelli |
When you step into the cavernous Venetian basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, it takes a minute or two for your eyes to adjust to the darkness.
If you…
Food & Drink
by Luciana.Squadrilli |
To many people, cooking is considered an art. To others, comparing the two realms of human skill and imagination is more of an outrage. And in Italy, until not…
Culture
by Laura Morelli |
The story of Judith and Holofernes begins when the Assyrian general Holofernes threatens to take the Jewish city of Bethulia. Judith, a God-fearing young widow…
Culture
by Silvia Donati |
The 59th Venice International Art Exhibition, or Biennale Arte, the most important contemporary art event in the world, opens on April 23 in Venice, delayed a…
Culture
by Silvia Donati |
The most complete exhibition ever dedicated to Donatello, the groundbreaking Renaissance sculptor who changed the history of Western art, opened in Florence on…
Culture
by Myra Robinson |
The Veneto is famed for its fine villas, built by Palladio and his followers as summer retreats from the heat and humidity of Venice. All are beautiful, set in…
Culture
by Myra Robinson |
As you walk across the Campo Santa Maria Formosa passing the campanile, you come across possibly the ugliest sculpted head in Venice on the keystone of an…
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