What to see in Treviso: what to see and where to go

Friday July 8th, 2016 , Cities of Art

WHAT TO SEE IN TREVISO: WHAT TO SEE AND WHERE TO GO

Things to do in Treviso. It takes only about half an hour to go from Venice to Treviso.
Treviso is a small, beautiful, smart and romantic city.
It takes a day (or even less) to visit the city. The city will give you several reasons to continue your journey across the “marca gioiosa et amorosa” (“the joyful and amorous March of Treviso”), as a well-known 1200 AD definition of this territory says.

Venice summarizes its illustrious history in its Palaces and monuments overlooking the Grand Canal; Treviso, instead, hasn’t got a distinctive monument, but represents Veneto and its desire for looking optimistically into future.
In this post you will find a list of things to see in Treviso.

Maya: language of beauty

Thursday July 7th, 2016 , Events and Exhibitions

EXHIBITION ON THE MAYA: LANGUAGE OF BEAUTY

An exhibition dedicated to the Maya culture will arrive in Italy, and it will run from October 8^th 2016 to March 5^th 2017.
On show around 300 works of art which will allow you to explore all the aspects of one of the most fascinating civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas.

Palazzo Te

Wednesday July 6th, 2016 , Cities of Art, Museums

PALAZZO TE

Palazzo Te. One of the most pleasant experiences you might enjoy in Mantua is certainly a visit to the Palazzo Te.
In the post in which I talked about my journey to Mantua I touched upon that this place is actually one of the masterwork of the city.

Now it’s time for me to explain you the reason why it is so extraordinary and especially what you shouldn’t miss during your visit.

Eadweard Muybridge: photography becomes cinema

Tuesday July 5th, 2016 , Artists and Works

EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE: PHOTOGRAPHY BECOMES CINEMA

Eadweard Muybridge. Italy will host an exhibition dedicated to the photographer who captured and reproduced movement, anticipating the birth of cinema.
The exhibition organized by the Gruppo Credito Valtellina Gallery will be on view from May 19^th to October 1^st 2016 and admission will be free.
The exhibition will display the artistic production of one of the pioneers of cinema, and will feature a contemporary reconstruction of the set Eadweard Muybridge used to take shots in sequence.

Don’t you know Eadweard Muybridge and don’t you know why he was so important?
I’ll explain in this post.

Works by Canova: the most beautiful and the most important ones

Monday July 4th, 2016 , Artists and Works

Antonio Canova, Maddalena penitente (1809)

WORKS BY CANOVA: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES

Works by Canova. A photo gallery dedicated to Antonio Canova.
The main works by one of the main neoclassical artists and the last great Italian artist at European level, as well.

Canova’s white marble statues are characterized by harmony and refinement and they represent the universal idea of beauty.
The subjects of his sculptures are two: mythological allegories and funerary monuments.