The animals most loved by street artists
in Florence are fish or sea creatures. In second place we certainly find
monkeys, playful and festive or threatening and aggressive. But fish, despite
the attempts to humanize them, are distant and different beings.The remarkable
resemblance of monkeys to men makes them particularly...
This
garden is 100 meters far from the Duomo Square, just in the center. It is part
of the large Oblate complex, owned by the Municipality of Florence since 1936,
which houses the Municipal Library and various cultural and academic
institutions. The building was the first Florentine public hospital, founded...
Woe to speak ill of Florence to a Florentine,
you could trigger a very heated discussion. Florentines have always been known
for their patriotic spirit, proud of their city and their origins. We can't
blame them after all, considering that in the past Florence has really played a
key role...
Street artists, at least in Florence, love fish
and sea creatures. You can find many, perhaps it comes from the very
suggestive idea that they "swim" in concrete. The magical sensation
of the liquid world, without sound and gravity. For the Babylonians, men-fish were very
important; called Apkallu, they were...
Florence too has a triumphal arch like Paris, even if few
people notice it, as it is isolated in a sea of traffic, in Piazza della
Libertà. Any time of the day, gas and noise prevent passers-by from stopping
for more than a few seconds, just long enough to wait...
There is also a "legal" street art not
ephemeral, but made to last, financed by sponsors and institutions. Also in
Florence there are such artwoks, like the mural dedicated to Nelson Mandela in
Piazza Leopoldo, created by Jorit Ciro Cerullo, a Neapolitan artist, now
an internationally renowned artist, who started...
Twenty minutes walking from the main
square of Fiesole along via Giuseppe Verdi, after a while you enter the wood and reach the Grotta Braschi, the most spectacular stone quarry in the
Parco della Pietra of Monte Céceri, a beautiful protected natural area,
equipped with paths, benches and signs. The name derives...
The villa and the large park were one of the private
residences of the Strozzi family, built in the mid-16th century by Giovan
Battista di Lorenzo Strozzi. The Strozzi were a family of bankers, perhaps the
richest of the time, long enemies of the Medici. Their palace in the center...
This
work belongs to a particular category of Street Art, close to Sticker Art. The
image, certainly made with the help of a computer, is printed on adhesive paper
then glued to the wall. The meaning is enigmatic and open to the most varied
interpretations, the references, which certainly exist,...
Admiring a work of art
and understanding a work of art are two very different things. Of course,
understanding art is not easy, but at least as far as the works of the past are
concerned, it helps that the artists often used a few recurring themes. Knowing
at least...
