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THE SUBLIME AND THE HORRID
A politically incorrect blog about travel, diving, art, photography, food, books and other things that make life wonderful (or terrible). Cool photos, some bad videos and a lot of presumptuous and inconclusive words.
The frescoes of the Brancacci Chapel: Masaccio and the birth of modern painting
The frescoes of the Brancacci Chapel in Florence. Masaccio revolutionizes painting and paves the way for the Renaissance: light, space, and the human body become tools for representing reality with truth.
The Introvert Traveler
1 hour ago25 min read
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Ceiling Frescoes: A Complete Guide to Technique, History, and Meaning
The most comprehensive guide to Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling you’ll find online, written for those who want to truly understand it, not just skim the usual clichés.
The Introvert Traveler
4 days ago39 min read
The New Restoration of the Sistine Chapel and the Protection of Italy’s Major Fresco Cycles
Think the Sistine Chapel is just another overcrowded bucket list stop? Think again. Inside the scaffolding, chemistry, humidity, and calcium lactate are quietly threatening Michelangelo’s Last Judgment—and the new restoration proves that conservation is a high-stakes balancing act between mass tourism and masterpiece survival.
The Introvert Traveler
Mar 37 min read
Michelangelo’s Madonna of Bruges (Bruges)
The Bruges Madonna: a magnificent early work by Michelangelo preserved in Flanders
The Introvert Traveler
Feb 2513 min read
The Ark of Saint Dominic (Bologna): a must-see collective work of the greatest names in Italian sculpture
The Ark of Saint Dominic in Bologna: the extraordinary masterpiece created over two centuries by the most extraordinary dream team of Italian sculpture.
The Introvert Traveler
Jul 15, 202512 min read
"Modern Bodies" at the Accademia Gallery in Venice. Leonardo's Vitruvian Man and many other treasures
Review of the exhibition “Corpi Moderni” at the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice — a show rich in graphic and bibliographic treasures, from Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man to Michelangelo’s Libyan Sibyl, including rare incunabula and sixteenth-century printed books.
The Introvert Traveler
May 24, 20257 min read
The Greatest Fresco Cycles in Italy: A Guide to Fresco Painting
The fresco: a quintessentially Italian artistic marvel, embodying the highest expression of technical virtuosity.
The Introvert Traveler
May 7, 202512 min read
Michelangelo Is Not a White Supremacist: Fighting Woke Culture in Art History
On Michelangelo’s So-Called “White Supremacy” and the Intellectual Abyss of Woke Hallucination
The Introvert Traveler
May 4, 20254 min read
Discover the Secrets of Michelangelo's David: Technique and Innovation
Michelangelo’s David: A Masterpiece of Technique and Innovation. Visiting Tips for the Accademia and Personal Reflections on the Experience
The Introvert Traveler
Feb 19, 202511 min read
Visiting the Uffizi Gallery in Florence: Masterpieces, History & Tips You Need
Uffizi Gallery: the Ultimate Guide to the Premier Museum of Florence and Italian Art
The Introvert Traveler
Feb 16, 20258 min read
Discover Michelangelo's Genius: The Medici Tombs in Florence's New Sacristy
Discover and have a look at Michelangelo’s Medici Tombs in Florence—a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture blending architecture, symbolism, and artistic genius.
The Introvert Traveler
Feb 14, 202512 min read
The Albertina Museum in Vienna: A Must-Visit for Modern Art Lovers
The Albertina Museum in Vienna: A Treasure for Modern Art Lovers
The Introvert Traveler
Jan 24, 20255 min read
Marshall McLuhan, Michelangelo's Pietà, and the 15 Minutes of Oblivion
The Cast of the Vatican Pietà in the Era of the Technical Reproducibility of the Self
The Introvert Traveler
Nov 18, 20245 min read
Michelangelo's Moses in San Pietro in Vincoli: the superhero we don't deserve
Michelangelo's Moses is the hero we don't deserve but cannot stop idolizing
The Introvert Traveler
Sep 30, 20246 min read
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