Robert Capa: the beginnins of a great photographer and his love for Gerda Taro

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Robert Capa | ritratto

Robert Capa. Image source: Design Mag.it

ROBERT CAPA:
THE BEGINNINS OF A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER AND HIS LOVE FOR GERDA TARO

It’s often said that behind a great man there’s a great woman, and truer words were never spoken concerning the love story between Robert Capa and Gerda Taro.
They had a professional relationship which later turned into a love story, that encounter of souls that before lights the fire of creativity, and then the fire of love.

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Bramante: architect and painter

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Bramante | Cristo alla colonna | Pinacoteca di Brera

Donato Bramante, Cristo alla colonna.

DONATO BRAMANTE: ARCHITECT AND PAINTER 

Donato Bramante (1444-1514) was one of the most important architects and painters of the Renaissance, and it seems that he studied in Urbino and was a collaborator of Piero della Francesca.

Little is known about Bramante’s life and his early years, but for certain he established himself on the 16th-century artistic scene by bringing back to the top both architecture and classical art.

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Bridget Riley

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Bridget Riley

BRIDGET RILEY

Bridget Riley, born in London in 1931, was the first woman artist to win the International Prize for Painting when she represented Britain at the 34th Venice Biennale in 1968.
READ ALSO: the Biennale Story.

One of the leading figures of Op Art, Riley explores optical phenomena through the juxtaposition of colored lines or circles.

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Tamara de Lempicka: 5 things to know

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Tamara de Lempicka | fotografie

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TAMARA DE LEMPICKA

Tamara de Lempicka lived a long, adventurous and uncommon life.
She was an over- the-top person: transgression and glamour were the central features of her life and her works.
She lived across two continents; her bisexuality became public; she got married twice, obtaining two different noble titles; she was a model, but above all she was an artist.

5 things to know about Tamara de Lempicka.

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Vivian Maier: the pioneer of street photography

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Vivian Maier | street photography

Vivian Maier. Image source: Monza Reale.com

VIVIAN MAIER: PIONEER OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHY 

Vivian Maier. Some people were born in the right place at the right time, like Robert Mapplethorpe; other people are in the right place but don’t have the chance to draw attention to themselves; still other people don’t care about the way to draw attention to themselves and their talent is consigned to oblivion.

That was Vivian Maier’s destiny, the American nanny who has fascinated me, but also the world, due to her mysterious story but also because she was, unbeknown to her, the pioneer of street photography.

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