Caravaggio: the paintings by Michelangelo Merisi

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David con la testa di Golia | Caravaggio

Caravaggio, David con la testa di Golia – Galleria Borghese.

CARAVAGGIO: THE PAINTINGS BY MICHELANGELO MERISI 

Caravaggio is famous both for his adventurous life and the anguished realism of his works. His existence was a succession of works of genius and coups de theatre, conflicts with his clients, which caused even the refusal of some of his works and violent brawls.
READ ALSO: The life of Caravaggio, 5 things to know.

Caravaggio in his paintings expressed the grief and the suffering of human beings, and the realism of his works attracted a lot of followers and imitators.
Here are Caravaggio’s works you must know and where you can admire them.

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Eames plastic chair: the first plastic chair in story

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EAMES PLASTIC CHAIR: THE FIRST PLASTIC CHAIR IN HISTORY

There’s a chair on which we’ve sat at least once. If there’s one thing that can never be missing in a doctor’s waiting room or in an office, that’s a Plastic Chair, a 1950s-style chair, with or without arms, and which can be joined laterally with another chair.

The Eames Plastic Chair is the first real plastic chair which was awarded the second prize at the “Low cost” competition organized by the MoMA in 1948, and which since 1950 has been mass-produced (at the end of the post you’ll find the link to Vitra, the current producer).

READ ALSO: The Arco lamp.

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi: the visionary and fluctuating world

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI: THE VISIONARY OF THE FLUCTUATING WORLD

Utagawa Kuniyoshi was a visionary artist.
His bizarre worlds, visionary landscapes, beautiful women, but also Kabuki actors, imaginary animals, in addition to legendary heroes, samurai and bandits, are part of the works of this artist who lived between 1797 and 1861 and who, in the last few years, has been the protagonist of several exhibitions.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi was the master of ukiyo-e (a genre of Japanese woodblock printing on paper) in the early 18th century, a style which has influenced the culture of manga, anime (Japanese, and not only, animation), tattoos and contemporary pop culture.

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Ambrogio Lorenzetti on exhibition in Siena

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AMBROGIO LORENZETTI ON EXHIBITION IN SIENA

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, even though is considered one of the most important European artists of the 14th-century, is still less-known to the public, especially as regards his paintings.
There isn’t even a modern and reliable scientific monograph dedicated to Ambrogio Lorenzetti!

The Santa Maria della Scala Museum Complex in Siena will host, from October 22nd 2017 to January 21st 2018, an exhibition entitled Ambrogio Lorenzetti, which will offer the chance to try to retrace his artistic production.

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