Cristoforo Stati | Orpheus with Violin, 1600-1601

Orpheus by Italian sculptor Cristoforo Stati / Cristofano da Bracciano (1556-1619), famous for taming beasts with his music, is here shown entertaining himself, his body swaying to the sound of the lira da braccio.

The statue was carved for the Palazzo Corsi, Florence. | © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Joachim Patinir | Renaissance painter

Joachim Patinir, in full Joachim de Patinir, Patinir also spelled Patinier or Patenier, (1485, Bouvignes or Dinan, Namur, Belgium - October 5, 1524, Antwerp), Flemish painter, the first Western artist known to have specialized in landscape painting.

Little is known of his early life, but his work reflects an early knowledge of the painting of Gerard David, the last of the Early Netherlandish painters.

He may have studied under Hiëronymus Bosch, the painter of fantastic allegories and landscapes.

I giardini idilliaci di Willem Haenraets

Nato a Rotterdam, Willem Haenraets è un celebre pittore impressionista Olandese universalmente riconosciuto per il suo stile romantico, aereo e caratterizzato dall'uso di colori pastello soffusi.

Haenraets aveva solo 16 anni quando iniziò la sua formazione all'Accademia di Maastricht, ad cui seguì un ulteriore percorso di studi presso l'Accademia d'arte di Anversa.

Grazie ad una borsa di studio per studenti di talento, acquisì la sua maturità artistica come allievo maestro dei rinomati professori Sarina e Vaarten.

Brent Lynch, 1948 | Figurative painter

A powerful landscape and figurative painter, Brent Lynch pursues the abstract quality of mood, light, color and composition.

The mystery and energy of a landscape or the human form are hallmarks of his work.

For over 25 years, Brent has enjoyed an influential and award-winning career in the arts.

He was best known for his unique illustrations for event posters representing performance arts such as ballet, opera and theater as well as sporting events including the Olympic Games.

Vladimir Majakovskij e Maria Denisova, un Amore disperato

La storia del poema "La nuvola in calzoni" / "Облако в штанах" è collegata all'amore tormentato e non corrisposto del poeta Russo Vladimir Majakovskij (1893-1930) per la scultrice monumentale Russa, Maria Alexandrovna Denisova (1894-1944).

I due si incontrarono nel 1914 ad Odessa, durante il viaggio dei futuristi del 1913.

"La nuvola" è il capolavoro della stagione "prerivoluzionaria" di Majakovskij, uno dei testi più significativi del futurismo russo e della letteratura russa del Novecento.

Victor Nizovtsev

Composto tra il 1914-1915 da un Majakovskij poco più che ventenne, il poemetto trabocca di una forza lirica tesa, appassionata, che vuole essere dissacrante, antiborghese, antifilistea, ed è soprattutto intensamente libertaria.

Majakovskij vuol portare dentro l'arte della parola la carica dirompente di una visione nuova o rinnovata della realtà, dei sentimenti, dell'idea stessa della poesia e della scrittura.

Jack Vettriano / Leonard Cohen | The Stranger song, 1967

"The Stranger Song" è uno dei brani più intensi e poeticamente complessi di Leonard Cohen, pubblicato originariamente nel 1967 come quarta traccia del suo iconico album di debutto, Songs of Leonard Cohen.

Il brano si distingue per l'ipnotico schema di fingerpicking sulla chitarra acustica e per un testo ricco di metafore legate al gioco d'azzardo, ai treni ed all'impossibilità di trovare un legame stabile.

Fabian Perez, 1967 | Figurative painter

For Fabian Perez, the purpose of art is to perpetuate beauty: "That is what I am always striving for. God created the world and embellished it with the wonders of nature.

I think it is the artist’s job to embellish it with his work.

I am constantly fighting for a more romantic world, one where the woman and the man have defined roles and power isn’t always the goal.

I would like to say that it is not important what you have, but how you enjoy it".

Włodzimierz Czurawski, 1960 | Romantic painter

Belarusian painter Włodzimierz Czurawski / Владимир Чуравский (also known as Vladimir Zhuravsky) was born near Grodno, Belarus.

He has graduated from the A.K. Glebow National Art Academy in Minsk.

He has exhibited his art multiple times in his home country of Belarus.

His work is characterised by its subtlety and calm, dimmed colour scheme.

The artist in his landscape art or paintings still life using his masterful skills is able to create an effect of a magical depth.

Holly Sierra, 1962 | Magic realism painter

Whether wandering through the forest or exploring an ancient crumbling castle, Holly Sierra finds inspiration all around her.

Holly has been drawn to painting things ‘mystical and magical’ for as long as she can remember.

After her fine art education at SUNY Purchase in NY, the next decade found Holly living and traveling extensively in Asia.

She now blends her marvelous multicultural memories with themes that influence and fascinate her today.