One aspect that always fascinates when we are faced with the beauty of art is that related to the meanings of allegories. An allegory gives the sense of what is the reference to an exemplary attitude, is a revisitation of a concept that we may have verified in our existence, or that we have not […]
A man who affects marble and from inert stone makes it immortal in the history of mankind: where does he find his strength and his genius? It is easy to understand how skill and dedication are virtues that will be always rewarded in life and the success of Michelangelo Buonarroti in the history of art […]
In modern contemplation of the female figure and its social transposition there are days of commemoration, special days that highlight the essence of the woman upset and raped in her daily life. There are many examples, unfortunately, of women being raped and of the terrible events that affect them. One can cite various names that […]
One of the most beautiful and best-known attractions in the history of universal culture is the fresco of “The School of Athens” located on a wall of the room of the Signatura inside the Apostolic Palaces at the Vatican. It is a magnificent work with dimensions, 770 x 500 cm, and represents all Western knowledge […]
“Geni Comuni” is a contemporary art exhibition open September 9, 2018 at the Museo del Presente di Rende, in the context of the “September rendese”, which closes on the 29th of the same month. It is a real event now in its third edition as a competition in which 56 contemporary artists participate in a […]
Today we live in a fast reality where cultural appeals are like pieces of a skin that changes and that support the contingencies. It is as if the soul and its values have developed a different adaptation to the environment and eventually the natural law of selection is reversed to overturn everything. The environment changes […]
The story of a painting, the analysis that everyone can do within himself in his contemplation and the inner motion that can arise inevitably bind to the reasons linked to the author and his personal experience. In front of the work of Giorgio De Chirico one remains always amazed if only because the normal consciousness […]
“The planes of the human soul are infinite. One only has to know how to walk boldly along the abyss: either one conquers one’s summit, or one perishes. It will not in any case be the grey life of those of the flock, which barely realizes to exist”. We begin this short review on H.I. […]
After reviewing on the blog, June 2, 20018, a masterpiece like “Weapons, steel and disease” by Jared Diamond, I thought it appropriate to point out a book that can be said stands on a similar line as “intellectual guide” I believe that a path of anthropological knowledge and customs of world history can not help […]
A small note on the “forerunner” of the book, the codex, highlighting a jewel of our Western culture, the CODEX VERCELLENSIS. The intention is to give two points for reflection, one purely historical with respect to the artifact and the other linked to the cultural temperament of the person who conceived it, Saint Eusebius of […]