Fabio Bix, TYPHOON (2015) – 93 x 65 x 55 cm
Fabio Bix’s aim is to become the greatest sculptor in the world and all time. Will he do?
Only time could answer this question; for the time being the artist is misleading us that poker playing cards are carved by wind and is creating majestic sculptures by using handkerchiefs, playing with proportions.
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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 you to discover one of the masterpieces by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and I bet you’ll feel the desire to enter immediately the museum housing Apollo and Daphne.
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Have you ever seen Raphael Rooms?
If you happened to be in front of the fresco “The School of Athens” or the “Deliverance of Saint Peter”, I am certain that you remained open-mouthed and looked upwards for a long time.
It happened to me and, in front of those masterpieces, I thought that everybody should admire Raphael Rooms at least once in the lifetime.
Here are 5 things to know about Raphael’s most beautiful and important paintings.
Raphael Rooms
I’ve been wanting to write a post about the Self-Portrait by Van Gogh for a long time, but I had a problem: which one of his several self-portraits should I have described?
Throughout his life Van Gogh painted about 40 self-portraits and each one seems to be a new study on himself and his anguished soul.
In this post I’ll tell you how and why Van Gogh decided to portray himself so often and I’ll show you which Self-Portrait by Van Gogh I prefer.
Self-Portrait by Van Gogh: 5 things you need to know
What is exactly a Garden of Earthly Delights?
I always imagined it as a lawn, illuminated by the summer sun, where men live in peace with nature.
Also Hieronymus Bosch imagined his own Garden of Earthly Delights, and depicted it in a painting difficult to understand.
In this post you’ll find 5 things you must know about the most complex and mysterious work by Bosch.
The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosch
