Palazzina di Caccia of Stupinigi: history, description, interiors, tickets

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Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi

PALAZZINA DI CACCIA OF STUPINIGI: HISTORY, DESCRIPTION, INTERIORS, OPENING HOURS, TICKETS

The Palazzina di Caccia of Stupinigi (The hunting residence of Stupinigi) was built to be a temporary residence, a place where to organize parties and to be used as a hunting lodge. Actually, it is a majestic Baroque building, more similar to a royal residence than to a simple hunting lodge.

Have you ever seen this place? Would you like to visit it?
In this post you’ll find some information about what to see and how to arrange your visit.

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Art Nouveau style in Naples: artists and works

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Giuseppe De Curtis | Dream in Venice

Giuseppe De Curtis – Dream in Venice, 1890. Tempera on canvas, 130 x 145 cm
Intesa Sanpaolo Collection, Photo Giusti Claudio, Florence

ART NOUVEAU STYLE IN NAPLES: ARTISTS AND WORKS

What was Art Nouveau style in Naples and who are the most important artists?
A new artistic style which spread all over Europe, between the late 19th century and the early 20th century, with its sinuous shapes inspired by nature.
At that time Naples was a cosmopolitan city and open to novelties, not very different from Paris and, therefore, embraced Art Nouveau style in all its variations.

Art Nouveau style in Naples will be a revolution!

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The Clown by Renoir: analysis and curious facts about the painting

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Renoir | il Clown

THE CLOWN BY RENOIR: ANALYSIS AND CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT THE PAINTING

Why is the Clown by Renoir a masterpiece?
It’s one of Renoir’s early works, painted long before other famous paintings considered to be masterpieces of Impressionist painters.

When I published the post about the Kröller-Müller Museum works I put the Clown by Renoir among the unmissable works, and after reading this post you’ll understand why.

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Alice Padovani and her garden

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ALICE PADOVANI AND HER GARDEN

Through installations, assemblages and performances, Alice Padovani proposes fragments of a decontextualised nature in her works and creates collections that are like collections or simple traces of the natural world, mixed with historical finds of various kinds.

Her works are like fragments of a garden whose composition we can only guess at.

The garden of Alice Padovani

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