The Torre Arcobaleno (Rainbow Tower) is a recognizable mark on the city and emotional landscape of Milan, capital of fashion and design.
Founded in 1990 by a group of companies that transformed an anonymous water tower at Porta Garibaldi into a colourful tribute to the creativity of Milan, the Tower has been re-stored and returned to its original splendour.
Producing wine is a complex experience. It means carrying on an ancient tradition, which goes far beyond entrepreneurial spirit, and embracing centuries-old practices as well as innovation, charm and discovery.
So, when the “Cantina Valpolicella Negrar” winery – a leading and historic Italian wine-producing company – decided to associate its products with a well-known figure, it is not by chance that Ulysses was chosen.
Drawing inspiration from Ulysses, the “Cantina Valpolicella Negrar” winery is launching the “Wine Mythology Label” project.
Planning to dedicate a limited edition of its finest wine – Amarone – to Homer’s hero, it is asking creative designers to develop a label that has what it takes to become an icon, a collection item, the object of desire for thousands of wine lovers from all over the world.
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Iris Apfel. Image source: Secolo Trentino.com
Some consider her to be a fashion icon, others think she’s the greatest expert on art and interior design, still others thinks she’s a star for people who have long since reached the third age, or even the fourth age.
Certainly, Iris Apfel achieved a great fame at the age of 90, and she’s the protagonist of advertising campaigns and cultural events.
In 2005 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York dedicated to her an exhibition entitled “Rara Avis (Rare Bird): The Irreverent Iris Apfel, where her spectacular dresses and accessories were on display.
The success of the exhibition, with over 150,000 visitors, prompted an initial travelling version of the show, and since then Iris has become very famous.
Should you decide to spend you Christmas in Spain you will find a country transformed.
At this time of year, all the streets and shops here are decorated with coloured lights and Christmas trees, and the cities are filled with bustle and happiness.
Would you like to know which events are not to be missed, and everything that you can see? Take note 🙂
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres , La Sorgente – dettaglio. (Image Source: Caffetteria delle More – ForumCommunity
Works by Ingres. When I visited the exhibition dedicated to Impressionism in Treviso I was impressed that the among the first paintings on shown there were some portraits by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, a leading figure of Neoclassical painting, a style which would be overwhelmed by Impressionism. But it’s the first time I’ve seen Ingres’s works not as something completely alien to Impressionism, because sometimes if you read history dividing into categories, you may lose the overall view.
In Ingres’s paintings there’s something that makes them attractive to all later generations of artists, from Degas to Matisse and to Picasso.
In particular, Matisse described Ingres as the first artist “to use pure colours, outlining them without distorting them”.
