Art Education

For the first of my video-journeys exploring the world of the Arts (at the end of the article) I have chosen Narcissus, a painting attributed to the most controversial artist of the period between the end of 16th and beginning of 17th centuries: Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio. The artwork is at the Ancient Art […]

  (…) I crossed my second threshold and I definitively emerged from the darkness of the forest, metaphor of that spirit overshadowed by the lack of knowledge. I found myself in front of some long avenues converging towards a focal point. I felt my lungs suddenly revive: the light was no longer held back and […]

When you study Michelangelo Buonarroti from the official books, you may not  often find it helpful if you are looking for something more than his techniques, superficial iconography, historical context and even his rebellious and sometimes said “hysterical” personality. From those books, it is almost impossible to reach his soul to really grasp what lies [...]

If you like to discover which is the most charming medieval cloister in Rome, for sure  you will have to visit the basilica of John in the Lateran’s. And It is also the largest one with its 118,00 feet (36 metres) per side! An unquestioned masterpiece by the Vassallettos, the famous marble-worker family under the […]

Trastevere: a myth of colourful streets and marvellous surprises Walking down from the Janiculum hill, from where you will admire the most marvellous view of the entire city of Rome you will savour, together with Anna Bruno, the pleasure of getting lost through the labirithyne streets of the most famous district of Rome: Trastevere. It's [...]