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Art History
Monkeys in art
Jul 31, 2022
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7 minutes read
It is widely found that monkeys have been, since the earliest times, very popular subjects in the history of art, a discipline within which they have taken on multiple meanings. This great figurative interest nurtured by man in the most varied types of primates alludes, most likely, to the fact that since the dawn of civilization the great contiguous familiarity between these animals and Homo sapiens had been sensed...
Art History
Pop art and animals
May 29, 2022
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7 minutes read
Despite the great popularity of Pop art, there are some themes addressed by Pop art that, falling outside the standard topical, turn out to be less well-known, just like the works depicting animals, made by iconic artists of the pop world such as: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, Takashi Muracami, Jeff Koons, and Yayoi Kusama.
Art History
Hi Barbie, Hi Ken!
Jul 23, 2023
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8 minutes read
Avoiding dwelling at length on the ways in which advertisements have come to be part of our lives today, occupying them nefariously for almost every second, taking the most varied forms, it is good to reveal how man was once actually free to choose what he needed, simply by employing his brain...
Art History
The Nativity in the history of art
Dec 20, 2021
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7 minutes read
Christmas, or the day celebrating the birth of Jesus, has been immortalized by many famous works of art depicting the Nativity, among which are noteworthy those made by Duccio di Buoninsegna, Giotto, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, El Greco and Caravaggio. It is important to underline, however, that this theme has also been dealt with in a profane context, such as in the births painted by Chagall and Dali...
Art History
Family portraits
Dec 21, 2021
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6 minutes read
At this time of year-end, full of important holidays, family gatherings follow each other convulsively. In this regard, many of the greatest masters in the history of art, such as, for example, Rembrandt van Rijn, Francisco Goya, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh and Egon Schiele, have immortalized, through the most varied feelings, such scenes of daily life...
Art News
"Shine": the Jeff Koons exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (Italy).
Nov 16, 2021
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8 minutes read
Jeff Koons is the protagonist of the exhibition Shine, a "blockbuster" event conceived to bring together the masterpieces of the American artist, which will be open until the end of January 2022, at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (Italy). The exhibition, born from the collaboration of the Florentine institution with the American artist, revolves around the concept of brightness, or "shine", which characterizes most of the works on display...

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