Arte Posted on March 2, 2011March 1, 2011 by Jon Courtesy The Museum of Modern Art, New York “Fazzoletto Vase” Fulvio Bianconi (1915-1996) .
Citazione del Giorno Posted on March 2, 2011March 1, 2011 by Jon “To you is granted the power of degrading yourself into the lower forms of life, the beasts, and to you is granted the power, contained in your intellect and judgement, to be reborn into the higher forms, the divine.” — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463 – 1494) .
Arte Posted on March 1, 2011February 28, 2011 by Jon Courtesy Musée du Louvre, Paris “Madonna and Child” Andrea della Robbia (1435 – 1525) and Giovanni della Robbia (1469–1529) .
Citazione del Giorno Posted on March 1, 2011February 28, 2011 by Jon “Women dress alike all over the world, they dress to be annoying to other women.” — Elsa Schiaparelli (1890 — 1973) .
Arte Posted on February 25, 2011February 24, 2011 by Jon Courtesy Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, Poznań “Portrait of the Artist’s Sisters Playing Chess” Sofonisba Anguissola (1532 – 1625) .
Citazione del Giorno Posted on February 25, 2011February 24, 2011 by Jon “Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.” — Cesare Pavese (1908 – 1950) .
Arte Posted on February 24, 2011February 23, 2011 by Jon Courtesy State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg “Reception of the French Ambassador in Venice” Giovanni Antonio Canal [Canaletto] (1697 – 1768) .
Citazione del Giorno Posted on February 24, 2011February 23, 2011 by Jon “If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.” — Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) .
Arte Posted on February 23, 2011February 22, 2011 by Jon “Fontana della Barcaccia” Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598 – 1680) .
Citazione del Giorno Posted on February 23, 2011February 22, 2011 by Jon “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca [Seneca the Younger] (1 BC – 65 AD) .