Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo: ingenious passions by Rosario Gorgone
Date: 07/01/2012
Here they are, one next to the other: Leonardo on the left and Michelangelo on the right, an unlikely pair. Their gazes don't meet here and, in fact, didn't meet much in life. Both restless and...
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The Colosseum's Underground and Third Tier: Archaeology from the earth and the sky
Date: 12/11/2011
coming soon ....
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Women Artists in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Age: the unresolved question by Caterina Panetta
Date: 03/06/2011
Women and art: the origins
The first painter in human history has been a woman, according to Pliny the Elder. Her name was Dibutates, a Corinthian maid that started the art of painting by tracing...
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Traveling with Through Eternity: Enjoy leisure as the ancients did - by Rosario Gorgone
Date: 24/04/2011
There are many ways to travel, but only one allows us to rediscover the places, the art and the magic of time by reclaiming the spirit that gave them life. To rediscover the emotion with which men of...
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Rome and the sea: a city immersed in its history by Rosario Gorgone
Date: 20/01/2011
Though Rome is 25 kilometers from the sea, this ancient sea is where the city's origins are immersed. To the sea and to the river - which at a certain point bends, slows its course, and opens an...
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What's in a masterpiece? Or, Some paintings by Raphael in Rome by Lois Gregory
Date: 08/01/2010
It is very ironic, yet beautiful paintings by famous Renaissance artists often cause modern-day viewers consternation and confusion: What does it mean? Is there something hidden there? Why is it...
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The competition between men and gods in a changing city by Rosario Gorgone
Date: 05/11/2009
I. Introduction
The competition between men and gods is impossible, impossible above all for us, the descendents of the Judeo-Christian tradition who inherited an idea of a God elevated to an...
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Some thoughts about the current exhibition Giotto e il Trecento by Lois Gregory
Date: 05/04/2009
An enormous group of Italian trecento (1300s) paintings are currently assembled in the exhibition, Giotto e il Trecento, at the Complesso del Vittoriano through June 29, 2009. You may remember Giotto...
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Light and Dark: The Painting of Giovanni Bellini at the Scuderie del Quirinale by Lois Gregory
Date: 13/10/2008
''E' troppo buio!'' It's too dark, said the elderly ladies to each other, then to me, then to the museum guard at the recently-opened exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale. Indeed the galleries...
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Sebastiano del Piombo, (1485-1547) at Palazzo Venezia by Lois Gregory
Date: 13/03/2008
A visit to the current exhibition, Sebastiano del Piombo, (1485-1547) at Palazzo Venezia (from 8 February – 18 May 2008) offers, like many other aspects of travel, an experience of cultural difference...
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