giovedì 21 maggio 2015

Tindari , Sicily Myth, Art, Culture

Capo Tindari www.italia.it 


Myth, art, culture, fairytale landscapes: this is Tindari, a pleasant town in the Gulf of Patti situated in the homonymous municipality in the province of Messina. Founded in 396 a.c. Syracusan mercenaries in the war against Carthage at the behest of Dionysius of Syracuse, the ancient city of Tindari owes its name to King Tyndareus of Sparta.
Since then its history has been a series of stories, myths and legends that have left an indelible mark in the popular imagination. Naval base before the Carthaginians, then the Romans, the Byzantines conquered and destroyed by the Arabs, is known for an epic battle - the Battagia Tindari - and for the words that he dedicated Cicero in the Verrines, but especially for the presence of a Black Madonna still venerated at the shrine which occupies the ancient acropolis.


Tindari Teatro Greco www.foto-sicilia.it


The remains of the ancient city of Tindari are relatively well preserved. The urban checkerboard typical of Roman cities evident in the block (the islets were condos Romans) brought to light between two ancient decumani and the mighty walls in square work are very impressive, but to impress the visitor is its Theatre Greek. Dating from the late fourth century and renovated in Roman times is a marvel of acoustics and is home for over sixty years festival of music, dance and theater. Leaning against the side of a cliff looking out to sea and has a diameter of over 60 meters.

Tindari santuario www.laplaya-hotel.it 



The Shrine of the Black Madonna, however, is the main attraction of Tindari. A inside the wood carving cedar representing the Virgin and child, he would come to Tindari in an effort of the faithful of evading the iconoclastic fury of the eighth century. According to legend, it was abandoned by the sailors of a ship landed below the promontory of Tindari to leave without fight the will of God that would have prevented the vessel to set sail again. The Madonna is venerated today in a festival held September 7.

Under the promontory lies the Laguna Oliveri, also known as Tindari, a strait exceptionally beautiful nature reserve today for the simultaneous presence of a characteristic salty environment type lake with sea sand, and the destination of tourists who go to the beach Marinello, also the subject of a legend that would be formed after the fall of a little girl - found unharmed - from the promontory of the sanctuary. Even the Grotta di Donna Villa, visible in the rocky ridge above is the subject of an ancient myth: the holes in it would be the sign of the fingers of a rabid witch devouring sailors when he could not satiate his nefarious appetite.

Text taken from http://www.italia.it/ 

venerdì 15 maggio 2015

One of the Best Exhibitions ever organized in Italy and around the World




Da Cimabue a Morandi.Felsina Pittrice

http://www.genusbononiae.it/index.php?pag=347

Seven centuries of art, with 180 works by artists from Bologna or that are permanently exposed to Bologna. Works, from Cimabue to Morandi choices and reread by Vittorio Sgarbi, from public and private collections. It can be seen in a single exhibition venue, Palazzo Fava.
  
The exhibition, dedicated to significantly scholar Roberto Longhi, takes place in the halls where the three young cousins Ludovico, Agostino and Annibale Carracci, in 1584, received by Count Filippo Fava commissioned to carry out the fresco decoration of the main hall of the new family palace.

From Cimabue to Morandi it is curated by Vittorio Sgarbi and is promoted by Genus Bononiae Museums in the City, with the support of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna.




More information and updates on http://www.genusbononiae.it/index.php?pag=347


Maria Rita Mastrogiuseppe Italian excellence


 That the words which express the essence of the paintings of Maria Rita: 
"Art for me is always Giving and Living New Emotions."


Snowy landscape

Copy of a Tamara de Lempicka painting

              
Biographical Notes


Maria Rita was born in Mastrogiuseppe Petrella Tifernina (CB) May 22, 1956.

"Art is the language that accompanies me, now, from my adolescence.
I would like to attend an art school, but life took me to other realities.
The best part was definitely the one to have built a beautiful and strong family with two wonderful children.
The desire to play every moment of life in pursuit of nature, capturing moments of emotions to immortalize them led me to deface many paintings from the age of 17 years.

For many years, self-taught, I have cultivated this hobby; But I had never thought about doing some exhibition of my works. One day my dear friend Maria Luisa Musolesi, a talented artist, and a professor of art I have spurred so on May 7 2007, along the famous arcades of Bologna, the City Council has organized a wonderful cultural event entitled Art and Portici.
Hundreds of artists have exhibited their works, and this is where an art critic at the international level has chosen a few of the many artists to take them around the world. Even if in disbelief, they came back from the chosen.

I won many other awards, but the greatest satisfaction for me is to give birth to new creatures and always see the face of those who received it with joy.