I borrowed half of the title of today’s post from an article by Jonathan Jones in the Guardian. As Jones
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A Cretan Madonna in Venice: Mesopanditissa in Santa Maria della Salute (Saint Mary of Health)
Edited on the 20th August 2024 The ties between Byzantium and Venice are centuries’ old. One of the major components
Continue readingCosi fan tutte, ossia La Scuola degli Amanti – Thus Do They All, or The School For Lovers
Mozart’s opera buffa is a perplexing one, and in spite of appearances, a very dark one indeed. It is this
Continue readingCulatello: Il Re dei Salumi – The King of Salami
In late August of 2011, I was on my way to Milan’s Linate Airport to catch a flight. As I
Continue readingMichelangelo's Bacchus (1497) in the Bargello Museum, Florence, Italy
I recently visited again the Bargello Museum in Florence, and was mesmerized by the Michelangelo sculptures on display. I therefore
Continue readingRistorante "Il Colombaio", Casole d'Elsa, Tuscany, Italy
One hot evening in August 2011 I found myself in the garden of the restaurant “Il Colombaio” in the outskirts
Continue reading1001 Ways to Die – (7) Cy Twombly, American, Painter and Sculptor
Cy Twombly, one of my favourite modern artists, has died on Tuesday, 5th July 2011 in Rome, Italy, losing a long battle
Continue readingPalmyra: the marriage of crawfish and cod, on a bed of funghi porcini
Today I proudly present a dish I prepared in honour of my uncle George and my aunt Gail. Its name
Continue readingWho is the artist who should immortalize Monica Bellucci?
Back in 2009, I wrote a four part article on the Venus of Urbino, trying to answer the question: “Who
Continue readingAlberto Moravia – Italian Novelist
“My life, as, I believe, everybody else’s, is chaos. The only continuous line is one of literary work,” Moravia said
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