Edward Hopper exhibit in Milan (and Rome)
At Milan’s Palazzo Reale until January 31 2010 is the first major retrospective in Italy dedicated to the American artist
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The Colosseum facts and history
The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the center of the city of Rome, Italy. Originally the Flavian Amphitheatre, it is
Rome: “Calder” at Palazzo delle Esposizioni
Rome: October 23 2009: The first monographic show in Rome on the most innovative sculptor of the 20th century opens
Keats-Shelley House, Rome’s Romantic Treasure
In the summer of 1816, poet Lord Byron rented a villa on Lake Geneva in Switzerland. It rained for days.
See art like a painter does: Bill Patterson’s Spring 2010 workshop
I want to tell you about this opportunity to take a painting class in Italy with a famous painter who
August 15th is Ferragosto in Italy
August 15th. It’s got to be the most dead moment in any Italian city. It’s the national holiday particular
How to order coffee in Italy
The folks at budget travel made a video on “how to order coffee like a Roman” before I could get around
Castel Sant’Angelo by J.M. Pasquesi
J.M. Pasquesi is a Rome expert for radio shows such as Rick Steves’ Radio, a contributing editor to a variety
Venice: linking high water and tourists
A Poem: The city of Venice is slowly sinking; ground floors of buildings become useless. The ocean waters are rising
Agostino Chigi’s pleasure palace: the Villa Farnesina
Agostino Chigi was a rich Sienese banker who was the only person other than the Pope who managed to get
Elisabetta Sirani (female artist biographical film)
The Funerary Procession of Elisabetta Sirani Summary: Elisabetta Sirani was a 16th century female painter from Bologna. She exceeded the
The Pantheon
The Pantheon is one of the most important works of ancient architecture that comes down to us today. In fact,
Centrale Montemartini (Rome Capitoline Museums satellite site)
This electrical plant, the first in Rome and built 1912, has been converted recently (1997) into a secondary museum space
Bernini’s “Fountain of the Four Rivers” restored (Quattro Fiumi)
It was a rainy morning in February but Bernini’s famous Fountain of the Four Rivers glinted in its clean marble
Caravaggio in churches in Rome
How can you see Caravaggio like the late Renaissance Romans did? By seeing his work “in situ”, i.e. in the
Nero’s Domus Aurea
In AD 64-68, the nasty dictatorial Emperor Nero built himself this pleasure palace on the ruins of the city he
Art in the Cathedral of Orvieto
Legend has it that the Cathedral of Orvieto was built to house a relic that commemorates a miracle that did
Unexplored Italy: Pordenone (city and province)
Pordenone is nesteled between mountains and rivers – now a major economic force, but in the 15th and 16th century,
Some Churches of Renaissance Rome
Intro: this period was (not surprisingly) my primary interest during my month in Rome in 2004. Here is only a