March 2014

  • Uffizi selfies come to Budapest

    Uffizi selfies come to Budapest

    As part of the Budapest Spring Festival, an unusual exhibition has come to the Budapest History Museum: “Painters in the Mirror”, a display of self-portraits by Hungarian artists from the collection of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The Uffizi has an extensive collection of self-portraits, the largest in the world:…

  • Florentine Mannerists at Palazzo Strozzi

    Florentine Mannerists at Palazzo Strozzi

    by Alta Macadam A major exhibition now running at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence (on until 20 July 2014) is dedicated to two of the most famous protagonists of Mannerism in Italy. It traces the highly individualistic styles of Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino, both born in the same year, 1494, and…

  • Rome: seasonal stations

    Rome: seasonal stations

    If you happen to be in Rome in early spring, it is fun to follow some of the ‘Lenten Stations’. For each day of Lent, a particular church is assigned, and Mass is celebrated there. The tradition of the stational church dates back to the early years of Christianity, when…

  • Sustainable living in Bolzano

    Sustainable living in Bolzano

    The Municipality of Bolzano moved to create Casa Nova in 2002, in response to growing demand for affordable housing. The new mixed-use district was to provide exemplary quality of life despite the high building density (3.5 m³/m² for a total of 350,000 m³). An important goal was to respect the…

  • Artwork of the month: March. Murillo’s Flower Girl

    Artwork of the month: March. Murillo’s Flower Girl

    The Flower Girl by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1665–70) Murillo (1617–82) was an artist from Seville who became especially known for his genre scenes featuring children, often street urchins. This work, which belongs to the collection of the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, is an excellent example of the type. A…

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