Comemoração do 2.377º aniversário do nascimento de Alexandre, o Grande, em 21/07/356 aC. A estátua à direita é um dos muitos retratos de mármore de Alexandre, o Grande, usados pelo lendário conquistador e seus seguidores, durante e após seu reinado, para difundir e imortalizar a imagem de um jovem e poderoso líder, que muitas vezes gostou da divindade . A escultura está exposta em uma … Continue reading Alexandre, o Grande🗿🏛📚
The term post-Impressionism was used much later than the times when painters started diverging from the approaches used by impressionist painters. Paul Cézanne, recognised as the father of post-Impressionism, was among the first to react to the progressive loss of defined shapes and the representation of nature of the impressionists, giving more emphasis to geometric forms and the usage of unnatural or arbitrary colours. In … Continue reading Post-Impressionism 🎨🖌🖼
Born in Poland in 1810 Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin was very soon recognised as a child prodigy and, by the age of seven, he started giving public concerts as a pianist and composed his first piano pieces. In his early 20s he left Poland and made no return to his homeland, whereas he settled in Paris and acquired the French citizenship, also using the French version … Continue reading Frédéric Chopin 🎨🎶🇬🇧
Sebbene re dell’antica Macedonia per meno di 13 anni, Alessandro Magno cambiò il corso della storia come nessun altro condottiero del mondo antico. Uno dei più grandi generali militari del mondo, creò un vasto impero che si estendeva dalla Macedonia all’Egitto e dalla Grecia a parte dell’India. Ciò ha permesso alla cultura ellenistica di diffondersi ben oltre i confini dell’antica Grecia. Alessandro Magno fu uno … Continue reading Alessandro Magno 🗿🏛📚
🇮🇹 Nato in Polonia nel 1810 Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin fu ben presto riconosciuto come un bambino prodigio e, all’età di sette anni, iniziò a dare concerti pubblici come pianista e compose i suoi primi pezzi per pianoforte. Poco più che ventenne lasciò la Polonia e non fece ritorno in patria, mentre si stabilì a Parigi e acquisì la cittadinanza francese, usando anche la versione francese … Continue reading Frédéric Chopin 🎨🎶🎹
La estatua de la derecha es uno de los muchos retratos de mármol de Alejandro Magno, utilizado por el legendario conquistador y sus seguidores, durante y después de su reinado, para difundir e inmortalizar la imagen de un líder joven y poderoso, muchas veces le gustaba la deidad. La escultura se exhibe en una sala del Museo Británico dedicada a su época. Hace algún tiempo, … Continue reading Alejandro Magno 🗿🏛📚
🇬🇧 Born in Salzburg, today Austria, on 27th January of 1756 in a family of musicians Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart showed immediately his incredible capacities as a prodigious child. He started playing the clavier when he was four, thanks to the initiative of his father who was teaching also Wolfgang’s older sister, and started composing his first pieces when he was five. This extraordinary talent was … Continue reading Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 🎶🎹🎵
🇬🇧 Evoë 3 – abstract oil painting on canvas by Bridget Riley, 2003, Tate Modern, London. This large horizontal painting, on two adjointing canvases, is created with irregular curved shapes using four solid and contrasting colours: green, blue, pink and white. This is a characteristic aspect of optical art. Like other of her compositions, for example Nataraja, Evoë 3 is structured on a diagonal grid moving from … Continue reading Evoë 3, by Riley 🎨🔶🔷
De Nittis’s “Westminster Bridge” (1875): the Thames and Parliament dissolve into sunset haze — Impressionist mood over pure optical effect. Continue reading Westminster Bridge, by De Nittis 🌟🖌🖼
🇬🇧Nataraja – oil painting on canvas by Bridget Riley, 1993, Tate Modern, London. Inspired by a trip to India and the liveliness of local folk art. The variety, balance ,and complexity of colours are amazing, with up to 20 shades of one colour across the canvas. Choose the colours you like best! The title refers to the Hindu god Shiva, as Lord of the Dance, … Continue reading Nataraja, by Riley 🎨🔶🔷
