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#filmtime: “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
This week dedicated to women in art ends with a focus on contemporary cinema. We present you “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” (2019), directed by Céline Sciamma. According to Sciamma, the cinema is a bourgeoise industry, and as such…
“One painting a day” – this is how Peggy Guggenheim became an ‘art addict’
This year the Peggy Guggenheim Collection celebrates 40 years from the opening of the museum…
Rachel Ruysch: the first woman of the painters’ guild
Today I decided to talk about a combination of underrated gender and art genre, women…
#filmtime: “Raffaello – Il principe delle arti”
Our final post celebrating #Raphael is dedicated to the first film adaptation on the life…
“Raffaello. 1520-1483”. Exhibitions in the times of a pandemic
The second post for this week dedicated to #Raphael focuses on current initiatives that aim…
Raphael and Perspective
The revolutionary Renaissance artist Raphael (Italian name: Raffaello Sanzio) is remembered today because he died the 6th of April 1520 in Rome, exactly 500 years ago. What is perspective? Linear perspective uses a geometric system consisting of a horizon line at eye…
