by Mereasy | Feb 22, 2018 | Architecture, Art, Gothic Art, History, Mereasy
Reading Time: 4 minutes Triumph of darkness or celebration of light?A “black legend” born in the 19th century labelled it as the dark art par excellence, what with its shadows, dark crypts and dizzying spaces all evoking the fear of God. A paradox born of...
by Mereasy | Feb 19, 2018 | Architecture, Art, Mereasy, Places, Travel
Reading Time: 3 minutes Tallinn, the capital of Estonia and the Baltic nation’s cultural centre, is certainly one of Europe’s most fascinating cities. A rich architectural and historical heritage that blends magically with modern skyscrapers, offices and shopping...
by Mereasy | Feb 15, 2018 | Alfred Eisenstaedt, Art, Auguste Rodin, Banksy, Francesco Hayez, Mereasy, René Magritte, Roy Lichtenstein
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Social and Cultural Evolution of a Gesture of LoveNot everyone might know that July 6th is World Kiss Day, a time for remembering the importance of one of the most universal gestures of human behavior can be, as well as the variety of...
by Mereasy | Feb 10, 2018 | Art, Caravaggio, History, Mereasy, Michelangelo Merisi, Stories
Reading Time: 5 minutes Devious and Violent Killer, or Victim of his Times?Caravaggio’s myth has been fuelled over the centuries by his legendary life tinged with mystery and death, but also by immortal works of art of extraordinary beauty. But who was he really? Who...
by Mereasy | Feb 3, 2018 | Art, Brescia, Exhibitions, Mereasy, Museums, News, Places
Reading Time: 4 minutes One hundred masterpieces of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from Fontana to De Chirico, from Morandi to Duchamp and Magritte exhibited in Brescia until June 4th.There are the existential concerns of Giorgio De Chirico, transposed onto...