EXCLUSIVE: THE 8 NEW ROOMS AT UFFIZI GALLERY DEDICATED TO CARAVAGGIO’S MASTERPIECES (“MEDUSA” INCLUDED)

‘Medusa’ artwork by Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is exhibited as part of a new set-up of rooms dedicated to Caravaggio and the 17th century painting at Galleria degli Uffizi (Uffizi Gallery) in Florence (opening today, February 19, 2018). ‘Medusa’, the famous painting on the shield, is one of the “stars” in a group… Read More EXCLUSIVE: THE 8 NEW ROOMS AT UFFIZI GALLERY DEDICATED TO CARAVAGGIO’S MASTERPIECES (“MEDUSA” INCLUDED)

ROME: THREE MASTERPIECES BY CARAVAGGIO IN ONE SHOT (CHURCH OF ST. LOUIS OF THE FRENCH)

© Roberto Alborghetti Photos In Rome, not far from the famous Piazza Navona, we can admire the Church of St. Louis of the French (San Luigi dei Francesi) dedicated to the Virgin Mary, to St. Denis the Areopagite and St. Louis IX, king of France. The church was designed by Giacomo della Porta and built by… Read More ROME: THREE MASTERPIECES BY CARAVAGGIO IN ONE SHOT (CHURCH OF ST. LOUIS OF THE FRENCH)

SIENA (ITALY) / : VISITING “THE GATE OF HEAVEN” AND CARAVAGGIO MASTERPIECE: ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, “THE DIVINE BEAUTY”

Photos: Courtesy of Opera Duomo, Siena – Press Office  * Guest Writer: Carmelina Rotundo  *  A gently sloping green landscape where olive trees enrich the sscenery, isolated hamlets: in the tangle of branches the buds and flowers in soft clusters along with leavesare reawakening. Here and there, the cypresses, some young, others ancient; the bare… Read More SIENA (ITALY) / : VISITING “THE GATE OF HEAVEN” AND CARAVAGGIO MASTERPIECE: ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, “THE DIVINE BEAUTY”