art trips and writing

Sacromonte sculptures

Guido Mazzoni( 1450-1518) from Modena, terracotta sculpture Alphonso II of Aragon was the father of Isabella of Aragon, the duchess of...

More on San Casciano Statues

https://www.levittoux.com/hot-springs The immense treasure found in San Casciano dei Bagni, consisting of 24 bronze statues, as well as...

Francis Bacon in his studio

sitting, uncomfortably, arms hanging down in this space, covered in paint, head perhaps a bit down looking very aware of the enormity of...

Discovery at San Casciano

Italian authorities announced the extraordinary find of 2,000-year-old bronze statues in an ancient Tuscan thermal spring and said the...

Excursion to Carmigiano

I drove to Carmigiano to see the magical painting by Pontormo. At the church a man called Alessandro offered to be a guide and presented...

Courbet Exhibition in Ferrara, the curious case of Courbet's Waves.

"In a huge, empty room, a fat, dirty, greasy man was slapping white paint on a blank canvas with a kitchen knife. From time to time he...