Frames for pictures: ideas

Thursday April 20th, 2017 , More than art

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www.blogarredamento.com

FRAMES FOR PICTURES WE LOVE SO MUCH THAT WE WANT TO SEE THEM EVERY DAY

In my blog and on my social pages I also talk about amazing artworks we all would like to see on the walls of our home.
Do you want to decorate the walls of your home with some posters, and are you looking for the right frames?

Here are three ideas to hang a poster without a frame.
You’ll see, with few and cheap ordinary objects you can have an effect full of style and creativity.

READ ALSO: Paintings by Botero.

The Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno in Geona

Wednesday April 19th, 2017 , Cities of Art, Museums

THE MONUMENTAL CEMETERY OF STAGLIENO IN GENOA

The Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno. Genoa surprised me in many ways. It’s a city rich in history and it still houses in its Palazzi dei Rolli its history and its glorious past you can see in the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno, where Genoa’s most illustrious personalities lie.

It may seem grim that I recommend a visit to a cemetery, but, maybe, this is one of the most beautiful cemeteries I’ve ever seen. A real open-air museum which had become famous for its wonderful white marbles by the 19^th century.
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Paintings by Botero

Saturday April 15th, 2017 , Contemporary Art, Artists and Works

Image source: https://artodyssey1.blogspot.it

PAINTINGS BY BOTERO: THE MOST FAMOUS WORKS BY FERNANDO BOTERO

Fernando Botero is an artist much beloved by the public, but much less by critics.
Artist of Colombian origin, famous and popular all over the world, anyone can recognise his paintings, because he depicts fat men and women.

His painting style is unmistakable, and rejected by several critics, who define his images infantile and commercial.
But others keep claiming the opposite, defining him one of the greatest artists of our time.

But which are the most famous works by Fernando Botero?
In this post I’ll show you an array of his most important paintings.

Elliott Erwitt: the photographer of the human comedy

Thursday April 13th, 2017 , More than art

FRANCE. Paris. 1989. Eiffel tower 100th anniversary.

ELLIOTT ERWITT: THE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE HUMAN COMEDY

If anyone can capture the contradictions of ordinary life, it’s certainly Elliott Erwitt.
Visitors always rush the exhibitions displaying his works, such as the exhibition Icons, of which I showed you some images, and the exhibition Kolor, the first great retrospective exhibition showing colour images arranged in Genoa is a great success, too.

Member since 1953 of the historic Magnum Photos, founded by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa, Elliott Erwitt described the last 60 years of history, by capturing the most tragic but also the funniest aspects of life.

The parisian nights of Toulouse-Lautrec

Tuesday April 11th, 2017 , Events and Exhibitions

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jane Avril (Before Letters). 1893
Color Lithography, 124×91,5 cm © Herakleidon Museum, Athens Greece

THE PARISIAN NIGHTS OF TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

Paris in the late 19^th century; bohemian life, artists of Montmartre, the Moulin Rouge, theatres, prostitutes.
This is the environment in which Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) lived and which he decided to portray, becoming, this way, the most famous exponent of that period.
From April 1^st2017 a great exhibition in Verona celebrates the artistic journey of Toulouse-Lautrec, displaying 170 works coming from the Herakleidon Museum in Athens.
READ ALSO: Visit Verona: an itinerary for those who will stay only 24 hours!

Why should you go to Verona to visit this exhibition?
It’s easy, to discover the Parisian nights of an artist who lived hard.

5 feet tall, died a few weeks shy of his 37^th birthday of syphilis and alcoholism, Toulouse-Lautrec became famous thanks to his advertising posters and portraits of famous people of that time.