The Pazzi’s Conspiracy: a summary
On April 26, 1478 in the cathedral of Florence during the mass, the Pazzi family and their cronies attacked Lorenzo and Giuliano de Medici. Lorenzo was wounded but Giuliano was killed. It had been a […]
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The Monuments Men (and/by G.Clooney)
After reading an article about George Clooney as an artist-activist, I should refer to The Monuments Men, the next film to be directed by him and released in 2013. The Monuments Men was a group […]
The Marble
“Of course, I’ve never seen stone that can compare with the marble clean” once said Cellini. Marble has always been the quintessential material of the sculpture. It has a symbolic meaning associated with its […]
Beethoven and macaroni with cheese
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn in 1770 and was baptized on 17 December. The few papers we have tell us that he had a difficult childhood (his father was a musician, but alcoholic […]