The Galata museo del mare in Genoa: the largest maritime museum in the mediterranean area

Wednesday August 1st, 2018 , Cities of Art, Museums

THE GALATA MUSEO DEL MARE IN GENOA: MY VISIT TO THE GALATA MUSEUM, THE LARGEST MARITIME MUSEUM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA

If there’s a museum I go to every time I visit the coast of the Liguria region, that’s the Galata Museo del Mare in Genoa (The Galata Sea Museum).
Here you can breathe the history of the sea and know the history of the city in depth.

When I visited Genoa for the first time I admired the Palazzi dei Rolli, the historic buildings of the city which are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, while the last time I discovered its historic shops.

The Galata museo del mare in Genoa: the largest maritime museum in the mediterranean area

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Pop Art artists: 5 artists you must know

Thursday July 26th, 2018 , Artists and Works, Schools & Periods

POP ART ARTISTS: 5 ARTISTS YOU MUST KNOW

Pop Art artists, that is to say which artists you must know to affirm that you know almost everything about one of the most beloved artistic movements.
Developed in the second half of the 20^thcentury as “popular art”, Pop Art is “popular art” by definition, because it refers to mass-produced objects. Hence Pop Art has a close connection with the consumer culture and transforms ordinary objects and elements into art.

Pop Art describes an essential part of the society which developed after XXII, therefore the consumer culture takes advertisements or the most famous products to transform them into artworks for collecting or reproduction of the artwork itself as a mass-produced object through design objects, prints and different kinds of reproductions.

Pop art artists

Gustave Caillebotte and the Floor Scrapers

Monday July 23rd, 2018 , Artists and Works

GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE AND THE FLOOR SCRAPERS

Gustave Caillebotte and the Floor Scrapers are the most representative example of how much artists and masterpieces are ignored by the general public and which, instead, are more significant than they look.
Gustave Caillebotte is the Impressionist painter who more than others was overcome by Claude Monet and for this reason he is considered almost an amateur painter.
But it was thanks to Gustave and his brother that many paintings by the greatest Impressionist artists found a place in the French national collections.
The Caillebotte brothers, wealthy bourgeoises, bought several artworks to help the movement when nobody else wanted them.

The Floor Scrapers

Medieval Italian towns you must visit

Friday July 20th, 2018 , Cities of Art

MEDIEVAL ITALIAN TOWNS YOU MUST VISIT

Italy is the country of beauty and of one thousand towns.
With an artistic heritage no other country possesses, Italy is the place where you can pass from medieval Italian towns to a quarter still surrounded by the magic of Renaissance by going through a street which is ahead of its time.

Some years ago I had the chance to visit Glorenza, a small town located in South Tyrol, rather the smallest one.
It’s a medieval town, and right from here my list of the medieval Italian towns to visit will start.
Are you ready to discover them? Choose your favourite town to visit!

The medieval Italian towns

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: works, tickets and opening times

Wednesday July 18th, 2018 , Museum Tickets

RIJKSMUSEUM AMSTERDAM: WORKS, TICKETS AND OPENING TIMES

The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam is the most important museum in the Netherlands and boasts the most fascinating collection dedicated to Flemish art.
After a complete restoration, which lasted ten years, in 2013 the museum re-opened to the public, becoming the most visited museum in the Netherlands.

The Rijksmuseum displays over 8,000 works and art objects from the Middle Ages to the present day.
It’s a huge collection which has constantly grown since the early 19^thcentury, when the museum was founded.
Here are some suggestions about which works to see and how to plan your visit to the museum.

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam