5 things to know about Piero della Francesca

Monday November 28th, 2016 , 5 Things to know, Artists and Works

Piero della Francesca | Polittico ella Misericordia

Polittico ella Misericordia, dettaglio con autoritratto di Piero della Francesca. Image source: Valtiberina Toscana Turismo.it

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA

Piero della Francesca, one of the greatest 15th century Italian artists, a pioneer of the Italian Renaissance who had significant influence in the development of Italian painting.

Piero della Francesca spending most of his life at the most important Courts in Central and Adriatic Italy.
Among the wide number of Italian Courts, a special place was occupied by Urbino. A small centre in the hills of the Apennines inland, cleverly turned by Duke Federico da Montefeltro into one of the most lively centres of the Renaissance, Urbino gradually become the capital of the intellectual and mathematic orientation of the arts.

5 things to know about Piero della Francesca.

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5 things to know about Francis Bacon

Monday October 17th, 2016 , 5 Things to know, Artists and Works

Artist Francis Bacon in front of the left panel of his ‘Triptych’ (1983) at his Tate Gallery show, 1985. (Photo by Michael Ward/Getty Images). Image source: http://floodmagazine.com

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT FRANCIS BACON

Francis Bacon was an artist who broke the rules, hungry for life and passion, but he was also so immersed in the slime of emotions that he was almost overwhelmed by them.
He represented sorrow, anguish and a cruel world view.

Treviso will host an exhibition dedicated to Francis Bacon which it will certainly cause debate, because it happens every time with this artist and his works.
Bacon is a thorny artist, who flings his life made up of excess in your face, and obligates you to reflect upon your life.
As he was a damned artist, Bacon lived hard, and life put him to the test several times, but it also gave him the gift of portraying a complicated century, the 20^th century, of which he was the mirror of its dark side.

5 things to know about Francis Bacon.

5 things to know about Rubens

Monday October 10th, 2016 , 5 Things to know, Artists and Works

Pieter Paul Rubens, Autoritratto, 1630 ca. – Antwerp, Rubens House – © Beeldarchief Collectie Antwerpen. Image source: www.artribune.com

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT RUBENS

Peter Paul Rubens was a painter who had several interests.
Since his first experiences in the workshops of his masters, he proved to be curious and desirous for knowledge, making a long training journey to Italy, which allowed him to study in depth ancient and modern art, but also to establish relationships with the most refined courts at that time.

5 things to know about Peter Paul Rubens.

5 things to know about Bologna

Friday October 7th, 2016 , 5 Things to know, Cities of Art

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT BOLOGNA

Bologna is located between the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines and the heart of the Po Valley. City of art, culture and commerce, called “The Learned” for its old University, and “The Fat” for its food tradition.
Bologna is also a “UNESCO creative City of Music” and has one of the largest and most well-preserved medieval historical centres

Home of many famous artists such as Giorgio Morandi, Guido Reni, the Carraccis, Guercino.
5 things to know about Bologna.

5 things to know about chapel of Sansevero in Naples

Thursday August 18th, 2016 , 5 Things to know, Cities of Art, Museums

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT CHAPEL OF SANSEVERO IN NAPLES

In Naples, near Piazza San Domenico (San Domenico Square), there’s the Chapel of Sansevero.
It is a 16th- century building, completely restored by Prince Raimondo di Sangro during the 18^th century, that houses some marvellous works of art.

5 things to know about the Chapel of Sansevero.