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Apr 26 2020

Marsilio Ficino: Know Thyself

Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Perfect Head - The Culturium
Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Perfect Head.
Photograph: Public Domain

Knowledge and reverence of oneself are best of all

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: italian, letters, marsilio ficino, michelangelo buonarroti, nonfiction, philosophy, plato, prose

Apr 28 2019

Bill Viola & Michelangelo: Life Death Rebirth

Bill Viola, Nantes Triptych, 1992 - The Culturium
Bill Viola, Nantes Triptych, 1992.
Courtesy Bill Viola Studio
Photograph: Kira Perov

The intimacy between spirituality and art

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Film, Literature, Visual Arts · Tagged: american, architecture, bill viola, drawing, italian, michelangelo, poetry, royal academy of arts, video, video art

Aug 13 2017

Michelangelo Frammartino: Le Quattro Volte

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Michelangelo Frammartino, Le Quattro Volte.
Image: © Kino Lorber Films

A meditation on the fragility of life

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Film · Tagged: italian, le quattro volte, michelangelo frammartino, movie, nature, pythagoras, video

Jun 04 2017

Paula Marvelly: Sacra di San Michele

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Elio Pallard, Sacra di San Michele.
Photograph: © Elio Pallard, Sacra di San Michele

Touching the void

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Visual Arts · Tagged: architecture, christian mysticism, elio pallard, italian, piemonte, sacra di san michele, the name of the rose, umberto eco, women

Oct 20 2015

Paolo Sorrentino: The Great Beauty

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Paolo Sorrentino, The Great Beauty.
Image: Janus Films

Beauty is truth, truth beauty—that is all ye need to know?

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Film · Tagged: céline, italian, movie, paolo sorrentino, rome, the great beauty, video

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