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Tag Archives: baroque
Como’s Hidden Gems – Palazzo Rusca, Palazzo Olginati Rovelli and Palazzo Vietti Rovelli
Como has many hidden artistic gems. Here we uncover what is to be found in the Palazzo Rusca, Palazzzo Viettti Rovelli and Palazzo Olginati Rovelli. Continue reading →
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Tagged Art, baroque, Como, Culture, drawing, Frescoes, Garibaldi, Lake Como, Odescalchi, Olginati, painting, Pietro Bianchi, Plague, poetry, rococo, Rovelli, Rusca, writing
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Como’s Hidden Gems – The Sala Recchi
The Sala Recchi with its painted ceiling is undoubtedly one of the many hidden gems that are only occasionally revealed to the public. Thanks to FAI, there was the opportunity to visit it this autumn and to have the symbolism of the fresco explained. Continue reading →
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Tagged Art, baroque, Como, FAI, Frescoes, Palazzo Lambertenghi, Recchi, roman gods, Sala Recchi, Trompe l'oeil
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Como’s Latest Art Acquisition
The Salone d’Onore in Como’s art gallery could now be renamed the St Michael room now it has acquired another Baroque canvas depicting the warrior saint – by Paolo Pagani Continue reading →
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Tagged Archangel, Art museum, baroque, Castello, Cesare Pagani, Frescoes, Lake Lugano, Nymphs, Paolo Pagani, Saint Michael, Satyrs, Valsolda
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Como and Early Lombardy Baroque
Como and Early Lombardy Baroque. Morazzoni (Como’s Caravaggio) and the Morazzoniani. Continue reading →
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Tagged baroque, Caravaggio, Fratelli Recchi, Frescoes, mannerists, Morazzone, Odescalchi, Perseus, putti, Rusca, sacro monte, Saint George, Sala Recchi, Tirano, Valtellina, Varese
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Argegno to Argegno: Up and Down the Telo Valley
Argegno to Argegno: Up and Down the Telo Valley – an excursion up the Telo Valley offers opportunities to appreciate both art and nature while passing through the medieval centres of a variety of mountain villages. Continue reading →
Stucco and Scagliola – Two of Como’s Baroque Specialities
Back at the start of the 17th Century, a new technique was developed in Northern Italy to create fake marble marquetry. This was called scagliola. It was a complimentary extension of the skills of the stucco masters – and the artists and craftsmen from the Province of Como’s Val D’Intelvi excelled in its execution, working on palaces and churches across Italy and Mid or eastern Catholic Europe. Continue reading →
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Tagged Art, baroque, Carloni, Castiglione, churches, counterreformation, Intelvi Valley, Lanzo, paliotto, rococo, S.Sisinnio, Santa Anna, scagliola, Scaria, stucco, val d'intelvi
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