Amedeo Modigliani 🖌🖼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Born on 12 July 1884, Amedeo Modigliani remains one of modern art’s most haunting voices — his elongated portraits and nudes fusing Tuscan classicism, African sculpture, and the raw intensity of early 20th-century Paris. Dead at 35, he left behind a body of work whose melancholic elegance has only grown in stature since. On his birth anniversary, we revisit the life, style, and enduring legacy of an artist who painted the soul as much as the face. Continue reading Amedeo Modigliani 🖌🖼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Alexander der Große 🗿🏛📚

Alexander III. von Mazedonien (Alexander der Große) ist der größte Führer der ganzen Geschichte, weil er eine der großartigsten Armeen der Welt anführte und eines der größten Imperien der Antike gründete. Dutzende der Städte, die er gegründet hat, existieren noch heute, und die Kultur, die er verbreitet und assimiliert hat, ist in den Ländern, in denen sein Reich existierte, sehr offensichtlich. Wirklich, Alexanders Heldentaten haben … Continue reading Alexander der Große 🗿🏛📚

Circles in a Circle - painting - 1923

The top 10 most popular art posts in 2022

Below are the links to the top 10 art posts for 2022 on this blog. These are the posts with the highest number of views throughout the year presented in descending order. There are some painting posts that have become increasingly popular even if these have been published years ago now. Amongst the painter’s profiles Vincent Van Gogh is always a popular choice. Continue reading The top 10 most popular art posts in 2022

My favourite Baroque composers 🎹🏛🎶

The definition of Baroque music encompasses a rather long period of time in Western music, between 1600 and 1750, before the Renaissance music era and the Classical music age. During this phase composers developed specific roles for the various instruments and human voice in combination with each other. For example, this is the time opera was invented as a music form that encapsulates instrumental music … Continue reading My favourite Baroque composers 🎹🏛🎶

Alexandre, o Grande🗿🏛📚

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🗿🏛📚

Antonio Vivaldi 🖼🎶🇬🇧

Marking the 343rd anniversary of Antonio Vivaldi’s birth on 4th of March 1678 Antonio Vivaldi’s music is indissolubly associated in my mind with Venice and its amazing views across the lagoon. Indeed Vivaldi spent most of his life in Venice, although his fame spread across Europe during his lifetime and, in a weird twist of fate, he died in Vienna in poverty in 1741 after … Continue reading Antonio Vivaldi 🖼🎶🇬🇧

Frédéric Chopin 🎨🎶🇬🇧

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 🎨🎶🇬🇧

Antonio Vivaldi 🖼🎶🇮🇹

Marking the 278th anniversary of Antonio Vivaldi’s death on 28/7/1741 🇬🇧Antonio Vivaldi’s music is indissolubly associated in my mind with Venice and its amazing views across the lagoon. Indeed Vivaldi spent most of his life in Venice, although his fame spread across Europe during his lifetime and, in a weird twist of fate, he died in Vienna in poverty in 1741 after he failed to … Continue reading Antonio Vivaldi 🖼🎶🇮🇹

Frédéric Chopin 🎨🎶🎹

🇮🇹 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 🎨🎶🎹

Alejandro Magno 🗿🏛📚

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 🗿🏛📚