Romina Rosso
Olafur Eliasson: when art meets science
Olafur Eliasson is a peculiar character in the art field, it is possible to say that he has changed what it means to be an artist. His...
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Romina Rosso
May 1, 20217 min read
Giovan Battista Tiepolo: Painter of the light
This year marked the celebrations of the 250th anniversary since the death of Giovan Battista Tiepolo. For this occasion, the city of...
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Romina Rosso
Apr 25, 20216 min read
Masterpieces from Turin 2: The other Venus
Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) Venus Oil on canvas ca.1485-1499 176 cm x 77,2 cm Galleria Sabauda, Turin In the collection of the Galleria...
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Romina Rosso
Apr 17, 20215 min read
George Stubbs: Whistlejacket
Every time that I visited the National Gallery in London, I was always been attracted to a painting that capture my attention for his...
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Romina Rosso
Apr 10, 20215 min read
Masterpieces from Turin 1
Hans Memling (1430-1446 ca/ 1494) The Passion Oil painting on panel 1470 56.7 cm x 92.2 cm Galleria Sabauda, Turin The Turin Passion is...
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Romina Rosso
Apr 3, 20219 min read
Medieval and Renaissance art in Wales
Welsh art has an amazing rich tradition just waiting to be uncovered, starting from Prehistoric and arriving till the contemporary art. I...
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Romina Rosso
Mar 27, 20216 min read
Winston Churchill: an amateur painter
On the 1st of March the auction house Christie’s, in its Modern British Art Evening Sale, had auctioned for a record price of £ 8,285,000...
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Romina Rosso
Mar 20, 20217 min read
Caravaggio: lost and found
Michelangelo Merisi or Caravaggio is one of the most famous artists known for his realistic paintings and for his adventurous and...
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Romina Rosso
Mar 13, 20217 min read
Raphael and The Sistine Chapel’s Catoons
April 2020 was an important artistic month to mark a big celebration: 500th anniversary of Raphael's death, happened on Good Friday 6...
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Romina Rosso
Mar 6, 20218 min read
The Royal Pavilion Brighton: The Regency Palace of King George IV
Regency architecture encompasses buildings built in the United Kingdom during the Regency era when George IV was Prince Regent, as King...
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Romina Rosso
Feb 28, 20217 min read
Contemporary Russian Art. Olga Suvorova and Igor Samsonov: Dream and Metaphor
There are different movements in contemporary Russian art and one of these is Symbolism. Flourishing in the late 19th-early 20th century,...
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Romina Rosso
Feb 20, 20218 min read
Sutton Hoo: the mystery of a ship burial
Recently Netflix released an archaeological drama titled “The Dig”, that tells the history behind the excavation of Sutton Hoo,...
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Romina Rosso
Feb 14, 20216 min read
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait with Two Circles
For more than 500 years Britain was a country devoted and lover of portraits. For this reason, it is one of the few countries in the...
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Romina Rosso
Feb 6, 202110 min read
Hokusai, Mount Fuji and The Great Wave
Katsushika Hokusai, one of the greatest Japanese painters, draughtsmen and printmakers of the 19th century, created a series dedicated to...
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Romina Rosso
Jan 30, 20216 min read
Nicholas Hilliard: The English Renaissance and its symbols
If we think about the Renaissance our mind is going to Italy and specially to Florence with great artists as Leonardo da Vinci,...
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Romina Rosso
Jan 23, 20214 min read
Andrew Baldwin and Trinity Buoy Wharf
Trinity Buoy Wharf is a special place in the east side of London by the confluence of the River Thames and Bow Creek on the Leamouth...
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Romina Rosso
Jan 18, 20216 min read
Canaletto in England
Canaletto is well known for his images of Venice and its beautiful Grand Canal and it is difficult to link his name with the Thames river...
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Romina Rosso
Jan 11, 20217 min read
Van Eyck and The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood: Reflection in a mirror
In 1843, after it was bought, the painting arrived in the National Gallery and it is one of the masterpieces in the museum: The Arnolfini...
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Cristina Casalis
Dec 31, 20203 min read
The Totally by Costas Varotsos and The Intesa Sanpaolo skyline
The Totally is a work by the Greek sculptor Costas Varotsos. He studied painting at Rome’s Academia di Belle Arti and architecture at the...
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Romina Rosso
Dec 23, 20204 min read
Charles Dickens: the mystery of the lost portrait and the Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens was one of the most famous people of the Victorian period and for sure one of the most popular writers of his time. About...
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