Floating in a timeless space, between a blue river and blue sky,
Firenze
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After the storm, in Bologna!
Sunshine opening her way between shadows and clouds!
Ph.1 Piazza San Petronio
Ph.2,3 Drogheria della Pioggia, fascinating old grocery store, one of the few left in Italy that store everything!
Over 10.000 different items. Unique atmosphere!
Ph.4 Church of Madonna della Pioggia
Ph.5 Adoration of the shepherds, a masterpiece by Agostino Carracci, damaged during II WW, and yet so beautiful!
Ph.6 Third Paradise by Michelangelo Pistoletto, on show at Palazzo Boncompagni, Bologna
The third paradise is a new equilibrium between the world of nature and the world of technology
#bologna #afterthestorm #cityphotography #square #oldshop #tradition #contemporanyart #paradise #thirdparadise #michelangelopistoletto #artlovers
Infinity in blue and green, fantastic view from a romanesque church surrounded by nature!
Pieve di Brancoli!
La mia giornata ideale! Camminare nel verde e arrivare ad una chiesa romanica isolata perfettamente conservata!
Grazie all'associazione Simone Carli che ne cura la manutenzione e la apre previa richiesta telefonica 🙏
Ph.1 La piana di Lucca from the church
Ph.2 Olive trees, Cypresses, Oaks, limitless green and blue! 💚💙
Ph.3 The bell tower with beautiful flowers growing on it!
Ph.4-6 Pieve di Brancoli, 1100s, a romanesque Wunderkammer!❤️
Ph.7 Rail of Garfagnana valley. On the hill, you can spot the Pieve!🙂
#greenandblue #pievedibrancoli #garfagnana #nature #romanesqueart #artinnature #natureinart #artlovers #romanesquearchitecture #blueandgreen #artexplore #walkinginnature #spiritualjourney #mindfulness #art
Beautiful nature and art at Villa La Petraia, a wonderful villa built by Medici family on the hills near Florence
1500s
Passeggiata meravigliosa, tra giardini fioriti e architettura rinascimentale, alla villa medicea della Petraia! Fine 1500
Ph.1-6 Views and details from villa La Petraia
Ph.7-9 Pietro Leopoldo di Lorena, Granduke of Tuscany, bought in 1785 Chinese art of the 1700s, and there are outstanding artworks preserved inside the villa!
Ph.10 Wonderful Red Room, decorated by the Savoia in 1800s, and used as official dining room when the king of Italy used the villa as a residence
For more Villa La Petraia's wonders, please check my profiles: @gio_musicart@artoteque
#natureandart #artphotography #artlove #arte #villalapetraia #renaissancearchitecture #artlovers #renaissanceart #artandnature #flowers #inspiringplaces
Lucca and Flowers! In Lucca for Santa Zita's Flower Fair! And I also found wonderful flowers in art, by going to see a marvellous exhibition of Emilio Malerba!
A Lucca per la festa di Santa Zita e la fiera dei fiori, per la musica classica, e anche per vedere una interessantissima mostra su Emilio Malerba!...
Dove ho trovato splendidi fiori🙂
Ph.1 Flower Fair in piazza dell'anfiteatro
Ph.2 Flowers in front of San Frediano
Ph.3 Flowers, Emilio Malerba, 1914
Ph.4 San Martino
Ph.5 Fabulous bell tower of San Frediano!
Ph.6 San Micheletto
Ph.7,8 The black hat, Malerba, 1912
Ph.9 Woman, 1913, Malerba
Ph.10 Walls of Lucca
#lucca #flowers #flowerfair #magicrealism #artandnature #natureinart #natureandart #italianart #modernart #artlovers #artlove #livewithpassion #lovealways #begood
Walking along river Arno, in brilliant green countryside under a magical blue sky!
Camminare lungo un fiume, fra mille sfumature di verde, i blu del cielo e dell'acqua, e incontrare un'antica abbazia, emozioni senza fine...
#naturephotography #arnoriver #green #nature #greenandblue #walking #lovewalking #love #passion #exploring #livethemoment #begood
#moonandsun #sunandmoon #livewithpassion
Catching the energy from driftwood on the beach!
La bellezza dei tronchi naufragati sulla spiaggia, la loro vitalità ribelle mi affascina sempre!
#driftwoodphotographer #driftwood #energy #stillife #dance #rythm #naturephotography #beachphotographer #seaandsky #geometries #feelnature #livewithpassion #alwayslove
Narni, Ponte di Augusto/Augustus' bridge
One of the most enchanting places I've ever been!
Ruins of a Roman bridge surrounded by green!
A dream!
Ph.1-6 One arch only is still standing but the ruins in the green are also impressive!
Built around 27 BC, to improve Flaminia road
180 mt long!
Around 800AD an earthquake damaged it
Ph.7 Many painters were travelling in Italy in 1800s and they knew about this fabulous place!
Here's Corot's painting of the bridge, 1820s
Ph.8 Main square of Narni
Ph.9 Rocca di Narni, 1300s
#natureandart #artandnature #archaeology #art #naturelovers #naturephotography #artlovers #bridge #romanart #stones #green #river
#enjoythemoment❤️ #feelnature #feelhistory
Stones and plants! Corners and spaces!
Villa medicea di Poggio a Caiano deserves a second post! First example of a villa that does not need anymore to be a fortress, still it's got some defensive charateristics, and the contrast/harmony is impressive!
Ph.1 The yellow fortress, the blue sky!
Ph.2 The villa from the garden
Ph.3 Detail of the walls
Ph.4 Nice plant in front of the villa
Ph.5 1800s Art Deco Lamp
Ph.6-7 Bedroom of Bella Rosina, wife of king Vittorio Emanuele II, 1800s. The fabrics on the ceiling show magically the fresco behind them!
Ph.8 Flowers by Margherita Caffi, one of the major still life painters, 1648-1710
Villa Poggio a Caiano
Ph.9-10-11 Artworks in the villa
Ph.12 Stables, 1500s
#villamediceapoggioacaiano #renaissance #arte
#artexplore #renaissancearchitecture #artlovers #renaissanceart #naturelovers #natureinart #harmony #lovealways #believe #begood
Fabulous Renaissance villa di Poggio a Caiano near Firenze has got marvellous gardens and a very intriguing still life museum with hundreds of fruits and flowers that fill you with sweet beautiful thoughts, memories, and desires 🙂
La villa medicea di Poggio a Caiano è un tesoro del Rinascimento, ma ha anche un bellissimo giardino e un museo unico nel suo genere:
il museo delle nature morte, o come dicono gli inglesi, le nature che sono ancora vita, still life, e che tornano vita nei ricordi dei sapori, nei mille colori!
Ph.1 Villa
Ph.2 Limonaia
Ph.3 Mario de Fiori, 1600s
Ph.4 Lemon and Limonaia💛
Ph.5 Bartolomeo Bimbi, 1715
Ph.6-8 Room of the museum, and details from Bartolomeo Bimbi's artworks, 1696-1700
Ph.9 Still Life and music instruments, Cristoforo Munari, early 1700s
#villamediceapoggioacaiano #renaissance #love #renaissanceart #stilllifepainting #stilllifeart #desire #livewithpassion #flowers #gardens #limonaia #colourfullife #passion #artdetail #livewithpassion #liveauthenthic #begood
