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RE: Caravaggio - A Life Painted in Chiaroscuro
I am probably a bit selfish here, but this is where I'd love to hear more about your thoughts on the artist, since museums and galleries tend to only provide a glimpse into the artist and their artworks, so it is hard to appreciate the full extent of their talent, especially if you are someone like me who is strong in neither art or history.
Incidentally, I was working with the company who had set up this particular exhibition (helping with translation and proofreading) that ended up in the news for the wrong reasons. I did learn a little bit about the artists during the project, and the difficulty of working in the art industry:
Well, I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't :) I would love to go into more detail about Caravaggio but I have been alerted to the short attention spans of the smartphone demographic. I left the link to the artists works and a couple of book recommendations for the person whose curiosity was piqued by these photos.
My intent was to make people aware that when they travel there are hidden treasures everywhere. Who would think that a Baroque master of Caravaggio's caliber is represented in a museum in Kansas City? Dublin, Ireland, has The Taking of the Christ on display, thought lost for many years but rediscovered recently. The book I recommended, The Lost Painting, recounts how that amazing painting was found. But if you want to get to know Caravaggio, his world, and his paintings, pick up Caravaggio: the Sacred and the Profane. It is a better format than Steemit for an in depth exploration of a genius.
I should like to write about how to plan a trip for art lovers. With the Internet we can locate all of the places and things we want to see in a city like Rome, before we get there, and pin the sites on google maps. Then each days itinerary is simple to plan. The Churches I mentioned in this article are all within walking distance of each other, albeit a person accustomed to walking in a big city. I confess to using a taxi when in a hurry.
I clicked on the link. These stories aggravate me to no end. I envoy the freedom of being able to get up close and personal in museums. But the tendency is to put up barricades between the public and the artworks because of a few careless people. I dread the day when fine art is behind bulletproof glass. In many places it already is.
Fair enough... I did notice a lot of people using the TLDR label in their post for the mobile generation, but write more for the desktop generation that still like to read a book every now and then :)
You might be interested in @steemitworldmap and what they are doing at the moment if you are thinking of writing about how to plan a trip for art lovers. I actually have some relatives in Italy that work in a lot of the museums and galleries (hence the previous story about the exhibition).
I have put a couple of my posts on the world map already; a photograph from Florence and a bridge in Rome. It’s a great idea and fun to use too. My wife and I both have relatives in Italy but when we visited her family’s place of origin, Lucca, we didn’t look them up. When you visit Italy it will be great to connect with your relatives.