Στην Γιαπωνέζικη κουλτούρα τα λάθη δεν επιτρέπονται. Ένα λάθος είναι ατιμωτικό, και αν μάλιστα είναι σοβαρό, μπορεί να αποτελέσει αιτία
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Κατηγορία: italy
First day of the year 2016 – Lunch
The day started with snow on the ground and the trees, the bushes, the table, the umbrella, and so
Continue readingPutti Sculptures from three periods: Hellenistic, (late) Renaissance, and Neoclassicism
Introduction The Italian word “putto” is derived from the Latin word “putus”, meaning “boy” or “child”. In this post I
Continue readingFestive Lunch – 1st January 2015 – Marathon, Attica, Greece
Today I rejoice the passage of time, culminating in the coming of the new year. There is no better
Continue readingThe Philosopher’s Conquest – A painting by Giorgio de Chirico
Introduction “One must picture everything in the world as an enigma, not only the great questions one has always asked oneself
Continue readingBacalao the Magnificent
A selection of some of the best bacalao dishes I have tasted, published as a photo
Continue readingRenato Guttuso: pictor diabolicus, “devilish painter”?
I was introduced to the work of Renato Guttuso back in 1996, when Whitechapel Gallery in London exhibited some of
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Casa sul Mare / House by the Sea – a poem by Eugenio Montale
Casa sul Mare is a wonderful poem from Montale’s collection ” Ossi di seppia (“Cuttlefish Bones”), which appeared in 1925.
Continue readingThe Crouching Venus at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London
Some time ago I wrote about “A crouching Aphrodite in London“, a sculpure I saw at the British Museum. It
Continue readingThe Teutoburg Forest Battle
Introduction Reading H.A.L. Fisher’s “A History of Europe” I stumbled upon the battle of Teutoburg Forrest in 9 A.D. and
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