The hidden face of genius: the paintings of Miles Davis
“My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.” “Music and life are all about style.” Miles Davis No doubt, Miles Davis had style. A…
Eight real places that inspired famous paintings
Being an “artist” is not something easy to define. The artist lives in another dimension, his environment is extended, his mind is open. He travels without moving, he has no territory and belongs to the…
When Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring was sold for two guilders
There is much talk of how subjective and contestable the definition of “quality art” is in the contemporary world, with the supremacy of modern art that, from Picasso on, has finally killed the classical canons.…
Night Fishing at Antibes: the analysis & meaning of Picasso’s anti-war painting
The most famous painting in history able to condemn the horrors of war is certainly Guernica, the monumental painting by Pablo Picasso exhibited at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid. Nearly eight meters wide, symmetrical…
The meanings of Salvador Dalí’s Persistence of Memory
It is said that in adulthood, Salvador Dalí will define the day of his birth as the reminiscence of the paradise lost. In his life, however, something like a true expulsion from Paradise took place…
Manet’s Olympia: the big art scandal of 1800’s Europe
There were days when people had a completely different opinion of him, but what moves Édouard Manet has always been the desire to break with tradition, a rebellious artistic spirit, the imperative of introducing something…