Tag: Art and Beauty

THE SAGRADA FAMILIA IN BARCELONA (SPAIN): GAUDI’S MASTERPIECE ENCHANTS EYES, HEART AND MIND

As you emerge from the subway tunnels on Line 5, it appears before you, towering over you with its extraordinary grandeur. The Basilica de la Sagrada Família, a splendid work of the visionary genius Antoni Gaudí, appears again and again, enchanting as if for the first time. These past months, work in progress has been… Read More THE SAGRADA FAMILIA IN BARCELONA (SPAIN): GAUDI’S MASTERPIECE ENCHANTS EYES, HEART AND MIND

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PLACES / A MASTERPIECE OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE: THE “TEMPIO CIVICO” IN LODI (LOMBARDY)

Just as one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, the same is true for a monument’s exterior. Take the case of the Tempio Civico dell’Incoronata in Lodi, located along a narrow street leading from Piazza Vittoria, a few steps from the Romanesque cathedral. Access to the Tempio Civico—the people of Lodi don’t call it… Read More PLACES / A MASTERPIECE OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE: THE “TEMPIO CIVICO” IN LODI (LOMBARDY)

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CITIES / NAPLES: VISITING THE BAPTISTERY OF SAN GIOVANNI IN FONTE, THE OLDEST EXAMPLE OF CHRISTIAN MOSAIC ART IN EUROPE (PART #3)

© Roberto Alborghetti Naples holds a priceless cultural and artistic heritage and unique masterpieces that deserve to be known. Such as the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte, the heart of the ancient Basilica of Santa Restituta, today within the already extraordinary monumental complex of the Duomo. The Basilica was, with the Stefanìa, one of… Read More CITIES / NAPLES: VISITING THE BAPTISTERY OF SAN GIOVANNI IN FONTE, THE OLDEST EXAMPLE OF CHRISTIAN MOSAIC ART IN EUROPE (PART #3)

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IN PRAISE OF IMPERFECTION / “FIND THE BEAUTY IN YOUR CRACKS” – IMAGE #5

“Do yourself a favor, find the beauty in your cracks” Ne-Yo (Shaffer Chimere Smith)  From his R.E.D. album *** THE CRACKS WEEK: THE 5th IMAGE Cracks is part of my Lacer/actions Project, about  the decomposition of torn publicity posters on outside advertisings (my realistic and not manipulated images are transferred on canvases, lithographic prints or textiles).… Read More IN PRAISE OF IMPERFECTION / “FIND THE BEAUTY IN YOUR CRACKS” – IMAGE #5

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THE AESTHETICS OF DECOMPOSITION: “THAT “BEAUTY ZONE” WHERE THERE IS AN OPTIMAL MIX OF ORDER AND DISORDER”

© ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI – LACER/ACTIONS, Images of Torn and Decomposed Publicity Posters and Urban Signs *** Fellow blogger Nannus (Andreas Keller nick name) – see his blog Asifoscope– found my Lacer/actions pages and wrote some interesting comments about my works which represents, as you know, torn and decomposed publicity posters and urban tokens. I’m pleased… Read More THE AESTHETICS OF DECOMPOSITION: “THAT “BEAUTY ZONE” WHERE THERE IS AN OPTIMAL MIX OF ORDER AND DISORDER”

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