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The Prolific Sculptor and Architect From Italy – Bernini
As I was writing about my travel stories in Italy, I saw that a lot of times, Gian Lorenzo Bernini‘s amazing sculptures and architectural buildings were captured in photos. This famous Italian artist created a lot of beautiful masterpieces such as marble sculptures and paintings which are currently stored in galleries and museums. Besides that, he had designed churches and chapels that are still used by churchgoers, not to mention the elaborate public fountains and funerary monuments. Bernini started his career under his father and gradually gained a name for himself. His Baroque’s style works had made him one of the worthy successor of Michelangelo for his generation. Let me…
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Top 5 places to visit in Florence Italy
Florence, a city that is famous for its Renaissance artworks and architecture. This post I want to introduce you to more top places that you can visit in this lovely city. Uffizi Gallery It only takes 2 minutes to walk from Palazzo Vecchio to Uffizi Gallery. One of the most visited museums in the world, it houses a collection of paintings from the Renaissance period to the Modern period, sculptures, books and archives. Some of the art collections are from Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Botticelli, Giotto, Raphael, Titian and other artworks from European painters. Yet again another building designed by Vasari, the interior architecture is also another piece of…
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Brush Lettering
Do you know what is brush lettering? Is it the same as calligraphy? Why is this trend now? Can it be a hobby? Am I the only one who is curious about brush lettering? Recently I have read an article about doing brush lettering. Out of curiosity, I decided to check it out online and found out that actually hand lettering has been trending for a few years now. So where did I go these few years for not knowing this is the latest fad around town? Beats me. Last month I decided to sign up for a brush lettering workshop held at The Workroom. The workshop is very popular…