The Turkish Bath by Ingres: description and curiosities about the painting

Monday February 18th, 2019 , Artists and Works

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 Turkish bath exactly like he imagined it, and without ever having seen one.
In this post I want to tell you some curiosities about this painting.

The Turkish Bath by Ingres

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Self-Portrait by Raphael: description and curiosities about a masterpiece

Monday February 4th, 2019 , Artists and Works

SELF-PORTRAIT BY RAPHAEL: DESCRIPTION AND CURIOSITIES ABOUT A MASTERPIECE

I’ve often been before the Self-Portrait by Raphael, never in the city housing it (Florence) but always on the occasion of exhibitions of various kinds.
This self-portrait is charming and Raphael’s look is the sweetest you can imagine.

In this post I’ll analyze the work and describe this painting, also thanks to some curiosities, but I’ll also make a list of all works where Raphael painted his self-portrait.

Self-Portrait by Raphael

The Grande Odalisque by Ingres: meaning and description

Monday January 28th, 2019 , Artists and Works

THE GRANDE ODALISQUE BY INGRES: MEANING AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PAINTING

In front of a beautiful woman such as the Grande Odalisque by Ingres I can’t help wondering who she is and why an artist decided to paint her giving her immortality.

After describing The Source by Ingres I decided to write a new post about a work by Ingres to make its meaning clear and to describe it, even though the magic of this painting remains, and like me, you could continue to imagine the story of this woman.

The Grande Odalisque by Ingres

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Works by Leonardo: where the most beautiful works are housed

Monday January 21st, 2019 , Artists and Works

WORKS BY LEONARDO: WHICH THEY ARE AND WHERE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WORKS ARE HOUSED

The fascination of Leonardo’s masterpieces, famous and beautiful works, makes everybody agree. In the collective imagination Leonardo is the universal genius, an architect, a scientist, an artist and an engineer, a precursor of times who has left in total only around 20 paintings.

In this post, I’ll make a list of the most beautiful works of the great genius of the Renaissance and the places where you can admire them.

Works by Leonardo: which they are and where they are housed

Medusa by Caravaggio: where it is housed and its meaning

Monday January 7th, 2019 , Artists and Works

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 gaze, a terrified scream, a snarl of living snakes in place of hair, a river of blood streaming out of a decapitated head.
Medusa is hypnotic and terrifying.
Here is where you can admire it and which its meaning is.

Medusa by Caravaggio