« Archivio mensile: August 2011 » Rocaille

Nautilus

Le pareti rosse del Nautilus sono assordanti.  Gli oggetti, silenziosi, sono accostati uno vicino all’altro senza lasciare alcuno spazio vuoto. Non è difficile dopo un po’ notare un ordine metodico in questa stanza delle meraviglie. L’occhio si perde nei singoli…

The Sacred Grove of Bomarzo

“Tu ch’entri qua pon mente parte a parte et dimmi poi se tante meraviglie sien fatte per inganno o pur per arte” My visit to Bomarzo was revealing. A deceitful place where everything seems anything else and the Illusion makes…

Ogni pensiero vola

I took these pictures when I’ve been to Bomarzo (here the post about the Sacred Grove) . This enchanting place makes you fell like in a fairy tale, full of monsters and illusions. The inscription around the lips of the big…

Turin photodiary

Two weeks ago I’ve been in Turin for a few days. It was my second time there, I really love Turin, its composed elegance and royal reticence. (analog and digital pictures mixed) Duomo (inside) Valentino Park Medieval Village Turin streets Cesare Lombroso…

Museo Palazzo Poggi

I know that this limbed woman could impress some of you, but her peacefulness is quite mesmerizing. She is what impressed me the most in the Palazzo Poggi Museum (Bologna), even if I had already saw another girl like this…

Ulisse Adrovandi

During my short trip to Bologna in April, I visited Palazzo Poggi, a wonderful museum which hosts what remains of the collection of Ulisse Aldrovandi, one of the first natural philosopher and scientist. In the transitional phase from a culture…