Still life Caravaggio: Caravaggio’s Basket of Fruit

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STILL LIFE: CARAVAGGIO AND THE BASKET OF FRUIT

Still life Caravaggio. Caravaggio’s Basket of Fruit is considered to be the first Italian still-life painting, a pictorial genre which already existed and had a long tradition behind, and whose undisputed masters were the Flemish painters.
In Italy the use of still life was only a decorative addition, but thanks to Caravaggio at last it became an independent subject.

Caravaggio with his Basket of Fruit gave still life new dignity, by putting it on the same level as figurative painting.
Caravaggio didn’t search for aesthetically pleasing representations, but he searched for reality, because to him painting meant to accept life as it is, without decorations and with all its imperfections.

READ ALSO: Caravaggio: the paintings by Michelangelo Merisi

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Orvieto. What to see, where to eat and where to stay

, Cities of Art

ORVIETO: WHAT TO SEE, WHERE TO EAT AND WHERE TO STAY

Last year the city of Genoa entered my heart, whereas this year I’ve fallen in love with the city of Orvieto.

Orvieto is an ancient city, inhabited by the Etruscans since the 9th century; it went through the centuries, and its past still lives in these tuff cliffs.
I spent a weekend in Orvieto, and I wanted to see everything. But when I arrived I let myself be lulled by that sensation that only a village like this can produce: the sensation that you can experience the real life, made up of simple things.

This was the right journey made at the right time, because in Orvieto you can attach importance to a walk or a chat with a friend. It’s almost equal to Mantua (read also my journey to Mantua, the italian capital of culture in 2016)
I’m not telling that Orvieto is the suitable place for those who search for opportunities to relax, but probably those who search for serenity can find it here. Like I did.

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Photography, cinema and auction in Milan

, More than art
Tazio Secchiaroli | Federico Fellini

“8 ½” (1963) di Tazio Secchiaroli.

PHOTOGRAPHY, CINEMA AND AN AUCTION IN MILAN

At 4 pm on Thursday 20April in Milan the spotlight will be on photography with the first away auction of Minerva Auctions.
The catalogue is rich and there are about 200 lots for which the Roman auction house has arranged two exhibitions, too (one in Rome and one in Milan), which will offer everyone the chance to see the photos themselves.

The exhibition in Rome will be open by appointment from April 3rd to 7th, whereas that in Milan will be open to the public from April 18th to 20th (you’ll find the opening times at the end of the post).

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