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Artisti

Michelangelo Merisi
1571 - 1610 Formatosi in patria con il bergamasco Simone Peterzano, si trasferì a Roma nel 1592 dove iniziò lavorando con pittori come Antiveduto Grammatica e il Cavalier d’Arpino. Ammalatosi, ... >
Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973 >
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1475 - 1564 Fu scultore, pittore, architetto e poeta. Entrò dapprima nella bottega di Domenico Ghirlandaio (1488) e poco dopo nel circolo artistico del giardino di San Marco, patrocinato da Lorenzo il Magnifico. ... >
Vincent Van Gogh
1853 - 1890 Appartenente a una famiglia di orefici e mercanti d’arte, nacque da un pastore protestante. Nel 1869 iniziò a lavorare per la casa d’arte Goupil, per la quale realizzava riproduzioni ... >
Andrea Mantegna
1431 - 1506 Formatosi nella bottega padovana dello Squarcione, viene a contatto con le novità dei toscani di passaggio (Filippo Lippi, Paolo Uccello, Andrea del Castagno, Donatello). Si distingue per la perfetta ... >Guide d'autore

Peppe Servillo
singer and composer Born in Arquata Scrivia, Peppe Servillo was twenty when he began the musical adventure that was Avion Travel, one of the most sophisticated bands to come out of Italy, consecrated by their victory at the ... >
Pepi Marchetti Franchi
art historian Pepi Marchetti, graduated “cum laude” in art history in Rome and got a masters in Visual Art Administration in New York, after working ten years at the Guggenheim of New York and Venice holding ... >
Francesco Piccolo
writer Originally from Caserta (he was born in the Campanian city in 1964), Francesco Piccolo has now been living in Rome for some years. He has carved out a leading role for himself among authors with countless ... >
Piero Pizzi Cannella
Painter Piero Pizzi Cannella was born in 1955 in Rocca di Papa (Rome). He began painting when he was a child. In 1975, he began to attend the Accademia di Belle Arti of Rome and at the same time, he enrolled in ... >
Fabio Isman
Writer Fabio Isman, born in Monza to a family from Trieste, he lives in Rome. He has been a journalist forIl Messaggero for 40 years and has worked for the Piccolo and the Gazzettino as well. In Italy and abroad, ... >Opere

Natura Morta
A partire dagli sfondi di alcune nature morte "a base quadrata" del 1953 Morandi iniziò a disporre, sul piano del tavolo, semplici scatole di carta che, dal 1956, conquistarono il primo piano: ... >
Battistero
Chiesa di Santa Maria presso San Satiro Il Battistero con pianta ottagonale a due ordini di lesene e cupola viene progettato dal Bramante (ma largamente reintegrato nell’Ottocento). Fra le lesene del primo ordine si aprono nicchie alternativamente ... >
Abside
Duomo L’ambiente è stato ristrutturato su progetto dell’architetto senese Paolo Posi fra il 1741 e il 1744. Sull’altare troneggia la scultura dell’Assunta del romano Pietro Bracci; ... >
Campanile
Chiesa di San Samuele A destra della facciata si può ammirare, sebbene in parte inglobato nella Casa Franceschini, uno dei più antichi campanili conservatisi a Venezia. Alto trenta metri, venne eretto alla fine ... >
Ritratto di Vecchio
Biblioteca Reale Un Leonardo ormai anziano, con una lunga e folta barba, lo sguardo accigliato rivolto a destra, fa capolino da un foglio talmente deteriorato, al punto da essere esposto al pubblico solo raramente.Questo ... >itinerari

A walk along the Quadrilatero district amidst Roman ruins and medieval buildings
Only a few traces remain today of the old Julia Augusta Taurinorum; for example, Porta Palatina is an exceptionally well-preserved example from the Roman age. A short distance away, along the corridors ... >
From piazza Carignano to piazza San Carlo, between baroque architectures and the history of Italian Unification
The red brick building overlooking piazza Carignano, splendid example of baroque architecture, since 1878 is the seat of Museo del Risorgimento, recently restored for the celebrations of 150 years since ... >
Out and about in the city with the kids
The lagoon with its gondolas and boats, the intricate marble design on the facade of palaces, the bridges that lead from one side of the canals to the other and the maze of narrow streets: all of these ... >
Baroque Rome
The most "shameless" dress of the city, the least hidden and the most glaring. It is impossible to walk through the center of Rome without running into a masterpiece of baroque art: to get a sense of this, ... >