ZANDOMENEGHI EXHIBITION IN PADUA: FROM CANOVA TO THE IMPRESSIONISTS

Tuesday May 10th, 2016 , Events and Exhibitions

Zandomeneghi exhibition in Padua – Federico Zandomeneghi, La modiste, 1895-1900.

Zandomeneghi exhibition in Padua: from Canova to the Impressionists.

Zandomeneghi exhibition in Padua. Zandomeneghi was a painter who lived an adventurous life and developed a restless artistic creativity.
He was the protagonist of an extraordinary season of the Italian painting in the 19^th century.

Palazzo Zabarella in Padua will host a great retrospective exhibition dedicated to Federico Zandomeneghi, which will be on view from September 10^th to December 11^th 2016.
On display 100 paintings in order to reconstruct the artistic career of the painter who, between the 19^th century and the 20^th century, celebrated women.

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, leader of Futurism

Monday May 9th, 2016 , Artists and Works

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, leader of Futurism

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Poet, novelist, dramatist, Marinetti was the leader of Italian Futurism, the main movement of revolutionary avant-garde whose main features I summarized in a special post.

He was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and studied in Paris, Pavia and Genoa.
In 1905 he founded the magazine Poesia (Poetry), a tool for Italian Symbolism, which in 1909 served as the official organ for a new poetic movement, Futurism.

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT CLAUDE MONET

Saturday May 7th, 2016 , Artists and Works

Claude Monet, Self-portrait

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT CLAUDE MONET

Claude Monet is the founder of the Impressionism, and he’s the key figure which allows us to understand the transformation process occurred from the second half of 19^th century to the early 20^th century.

Monet’s works still arouse immense enthusiasm among his many fans, and the success of exhibitions displaying his paintings is guaranteed.

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5 things to know about Claude Monet

Things to see in Mantua: my journey to 2016 italian capital of culture

Friday May 6th, 2016 , Cities of Art

THINGS TO SEE IN MANTUA: MY JOURNEY TO 2016 ITALIAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE

Things to see in Mantua. Who follows me on social networks and especially on Instagram has already seen the photos I took during my journey to discover Mantua.
Now it’s time for me to tell you everything about the landmarks of this city I had the chance to visit thanks to In-Lombardia for the project called #inLombardia365.

Mantua was one of the destinations I wanted to visit in 2016, and when the Explora team contacted me a few weeks ago and proposed spending a long week-end discovering the city and its surroundings, I accepted without a doubt.
It was the good chance for me to lose myself in 2016 Italian Capital of Culture, and I wasn’t disappointed with it!

IMPRESSIONISM

Thursday May 5th, 2016 , Schools & Periods

Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise (1872) – Musée Marmottan Monet (Parigi).

IMPRESSIONISM

Impressionism. On April 15^th 1874 in Paris at the studio of the photographer Nadar a group of young artists of the Sociètè anonyme coopèrative des artistes peintres sculpteurs et graveurs (Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers) presented an art exhibition. Those artists were: Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Alfred Sisley e Pierre Auguste Renoir.

Their exhibition was a failure, but it was the first Impressionist exhibition.