1. Walking House. Among the interesting places can be noted the Walking House (mansion of Yuruyen Köshk). It was in this house that Ataturk (the first Turkish president) stayed. The unusual name of the building was due to the fact that, by order of Ataturk, the building was moved (the reason for the transfer was […]
The history of this amazing island begins with a myth. The goddess Venus, who was watching the battle of Jupiter with the Giants, saw how the angry god tore off a piece from the volcano Etna and threw it at the monster Typhon. Venus changed the flight path of the volcanic rock and directed it […]
At least until the mid-1940s, the Swiss musical world remained extraneous to the influence of the Second Vienna School, and the generation of composers born in the first twenty years of the century was affected above all by the French training at the school of N. Boulanger. This applies not only to the composers of […]
Among the Hellenistic states, Egypt holds the first place for the excellence of its financial organization, the fundamental features of which date back to the ancient era of the Pharaohs, but it was perfected by the first Ptolemies, who developed and technically improved the system tax, so as to affect all the resources of the […]
It is more difficult to establish the place that competes in Hellenistic sculpture in Alexandria. Certainly Alexandrian was the original of the statue of the Nile in the Vatican, where the mighty reclining figure of the river, with a somewhat melancholy face, stands out on those of the 16 children who climb or play around […]
Following comparisons, other works could be ascribed to the first phase of parchment sculpture: the group of Menelaus and Patroclus, known from various copies, including the famous torso of Pasquino, the “Arrotino” of Florence, that is an intent Scythian to grind the knife to skin Marsyas, the figure of Marsyas hanging in its two separate […]
According to Thedresswizard.com, the current of Praxiteles is represented especially by his two sons, much inferior to him, Cefisodotus the younger and Timarchus. Their grand parent’s style becomes mannered; this can be seen in the residues of the plastic decoration of the Asclepieus of Kos, due precisely to them. Refined sweetness, with the consequent nuance, is […]
Around the great triad, other artists and not mediocre ones. Trasimedes di Paro, author of the chryselephantine simulacrum of Asclepius for the temple of the god in Epidaurus; memories of this simulacrum are in votive reliefs. Euphoric of the Isthmus, which flourished in the first half of the century. IV, painter and toreuta as well […]
A series of sculptural works can be mentioned, in which it seems that the imprint of Scopa’s art should be felt, if not direct, mediated: the Heracles already in the Lansdowne collection, in which, in the weighting and treatment of the nude, the polycleteus influence; the type of the so-called Meleager, especially known from the […]
Two Attic friezes can be adduced for the relief, that of the temple of Athena Níkē and that, the fragments of which are now distributed between Vienna and Berlin. The fidiac style is softening, almost foreshadowing or preparing the graces of the Praxitelean style; this is felt in the votive and funerary reliefs, in those […]
In the meantime, other artists’ tempers were flourishing in Athens. Licio and Cresila are worth mentioning. Licio, son of Mirone, remains faithful to his father’s address. Perhaps the original of the anointing athlete was by Licio, marble from the Glyptothek of Monaco, where in the anatomical treatment it is dryness of the planes, with cut […]
But the art of Phidias can be recognized in a complex of figured marbles; however, it should be noted that modern hypercritics have expressed doubts about their trustworthy character either in whole or in some parts. We mean the marbles of the Parthenon, or rather that part of the figurative decoration of the distinguished building […]
In the Discobolus, known to us mainly from the copy of Palazzo Lancellotti in Rome, we have the young athlete represented in the moment in which, folded in on himself, after having dribbled the puck, he is about to shoot to throw it away. In the group of Athena and Marsyas it is the contrast […]
The simulacrum of Zeus, which was in Itome, was well known from Agelada. The bronze simulacrum of Apollo Filesio was famous by Canaco for the sanctuary of Didime near Miletus. A memory of this work by Canaco is in a relief from Miletus, where the god has a bow and a deer in his hands, […]
Next to the incunabules of the all-round sculpture are the incunabules of the relief, both of the not very protruding one, such as the procession of tiny knights on very high steeds and the series of beautiful figures of the temple A of Prinià, and of the very high one, such as the funerary steles […]
The first monuments of sculpture in the Aegean basin are offered by schematic, rudimentary idols of various materials (stone, terracotta, bone, lead, etc.) which are found in very ancient pre-Hellenic Eneolithic layers. The series of these idols include those, mostly female and naked, of the Cycladic civilization, carved in marble. Some of them reach quite […]
The Greek population is made up of just under 11 million people, of which nearly 4 million live in the metropolitan area including the capital, Athens. Population growth is negative (-0.6% in 2014) and the over-60s are almost a fifth of the total population. Greece has traditionally been a country of emigration. After the Second […]
Even during the 1950s, the Greek music scene can be said to be dominated by the principles of the ” national school ”, which arose at the beginning of the 20th century (remember the manifesto-article by Greece Lambelèt, La Musica Nazionale, which appeared in 1901 in Panathìnea magazine) and with M. Kalomiris (1883-1962) as its […]
In Germany the archaeological activity of the last decade has been full of initiatives. The application of new technologies has also made it possible to achieve significant results. In the field of protohistory, new data relating to the panorama of Celtic culture have emerged following the excavations carried out in the village of Manching and […]
Vilnius: Best of Europe! Whether as a weekend trip or a city tour, whether as part of a study trip or as a stop on tours through the Baltic States: Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, is still an insider tip. The question is, how much longer… There are still no innumerable groups of tourists pushing […]
Balfour Castle The history of Balfour Castle During a study trip to Scotland, a visit to the Orkney island of Shapinsay should not be missed out on a visit to Balfour Castle. The graceful mansion has been on the Scottish Monuments List since 1971 and has been in the highest category since 1995. The land […]
Here you will find study trips and round trips through the metropolises of the Netherlands Amsterdam Take a wonderful study tour through Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. Visit Amsterdam’s highlights such as the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, the Anne Frank House, the Rembrandt House Museum, the Wester Kerk, the De Waag (city scales), the […]
Italy – key data Area: 301,340 km² (of which land: 294,140 km², water: 7,200 km²) Population: 61.0 million (2011 estimate, CIA). Composition:Italian (includes small groups of German, French and Slovenian-Italians in the north and Albanian and Greek-Italians in the south) Population density: 202 residents per km² Population growth: 0.42% per year (2011, CIA) Capital: Rome […]
CULTURE: MUSIC. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY In the first half of the eighteenth century J.-Ph. Rameau represented the synthesis of the great Baroque music of France. His lyrical tragedies (Hippolyte et Aricie, Les Indes galantes, Castor et Pollux) grafted on to Lulli’s models, renewing the splendors of the scenic representation and amplifying the commitment of the musical structure […]
The sawmill industry developed rapidly in the 17th century. In 1650 there were 1750 sawmills in the country. In the late 18th century, exports stagnated due to lower production and rising domestic consumption. After 1812, sawmills fell, and it was not until 1845 that exports reached the same level as at the beginning of the […]
Real estate relationships and organizations Of the productive forest area, private individuals own about 77 percent, companies and co- owners 7.5 percent, the state barely seven percent, municipalities three percent and the public 5.5 percent. Norway has a larger proportion of private forests than any other country in Scandinavia. Much of the private forest is […]
Forestry is the nurturing and harvesting of forests with a view to exploiting it economically. Nature and geography set the framework for Norwegian forestry. The country extends over several climate zones, from the Arctic zone to the far north to the temperate zone to the south, and the variations in climate and growth conditions are […]
Nobel Prize Winner The Nobel Prize is considered to be the highest honor given to scientists, writers and peacemakers (individuals, politicians or organizations). The award goes back to the Swedish chemist, inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel (1833–1896). Nobel had stipulated in his will that a foundation should be established with his fortune, the interest profits […]
To be robbed while on vacation is the nightmare of many – unfortunately it happens very often! In this article I will tell you what you can do in such a situation and how you can possibly get compensation. There is probably nothing that can spoil your holiday mood more than being robbed! Money gone, […]
The best time to travel to the Canary Islands is from April to October. The two Canary Islands in the east, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, are warm travel destinations all year round. The high western islands of La Palma, El Hierro, La Gomera, Tenerife and Gran Canaria are particularly suitable for travel in spring, summer and […]
