Marc Chagall “A retrospective 1908-1985’
Prof. Francesco CarelliFamily Medicine, University of Milan, Rome “Will the hurried men of today be able to penetrate her work, her world?” is the question asked by Marc Chagall in 1947 in the postface to the memoirs of his wife Bella, who left him “in…
The psychology in Alfred Hitchcock
by Francesco CarelliProfessor Family Medicine, Milan, Rome Palazzo del Governatore, in Parma hostes the exibition “ Alfred Hitchcock in Universal Pictures’ movies “ In a career spanning six decades, Hitchcock made 53 films, the best of which are at once suspenseful, exciting, disturbing. The so-called…
Vassily Kandinsky, art of colours and abstraction
By Professor Francesco Carelli University of Milan and Rome The show opened at Palazzo Reale in Milan recounts the artistic and spiritual journey of Vassily Kandinsky, one of the pioneers of abstract art.
The face of 900s : self and collapse of being; the physiognomy
by Francesco Carelli Professor FM , Milan and RomeAt Palazzo Reale in Milan, this exhibition of works from the illustrious collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris on the theme of the portrait and the self-portrait features eighty master-pieces by the leading artists of the…
Van Gogh Exhibition in Milan
by Prof. Francesco Carelli University of Milan and Rome The first major exhibition devoted to Van Gogh opened at Palazzo Reale in Milan on 23 February 1952. The public was wild with excitement, as reported in the press at the time.
Giorgio de Chirico, the Neo Metafisica, The eternal return, the continuous learning
By Francesco Carelli University of Milan, Rome Giorgio de Chirico is certainly the most important and eclectic artist in Italian twentieth century. He was a painter, sculptor, scene painter, costume-designer, writer, literary works’ illustrator – from mythological telling to great modern classics, with great knowledge…
Modigliani, Soutine and le artistes maudit
By Professor Francesco Carelli University of Milan, Rome “Modigliani, Soutine and les artistes maudit “ , over 100 magnificent works produced in Paris during the Golden Years, during that magical twenty-year period at the beginning of the XX° century when all major artists would convene…
All works about Munch: the colours as blood of the human heart; the meaning of the existence
by Prof. Francesco Carelli University of Milan and Rome Genoa is one of the three European cities celebrating the 150th anniversary of Edvard Munch’s birth this year with exhibitions aimed at showing to the public the core of the artist’s work, the work he himself…
Size Matters – could small be better?
By Francesco Carelli Professor Family Medicine, Milan and RomeEURACT Council Executive Board Which is an ideal primary care structure and size? Some argue for large group practices, others say smaller practices are better, others that team work or salary payment is the key. There is…
Alma-Tadema and the revisited British Painters of the 19th Century
By Prof. Francesco Carelli University of Milan , Rome It is neither a coincidence nor insignificant that Oscar Wilde should have first won fame and popularity by holding lectures on the Aesthetic Movement in bigoted Victorian London.
Klimt: medicine does not defeat death and disease
The Origins of a Legend Palazzo Reale, Milan from 12 March to 13 July 2014 by Professor Francesco Carelli University of Milan and Rome The exhibition Klimt: The Origins of A Legend, jointly arranged with the Belvedere Museum in Vienna (Österreichische Galerie Belvedere) and promoted by the City…
Degas: analyst or physiologist ?
By: Francesco Carelli Professor Family Medicine University of Milan and Rome The Royal Academy of Arts presented an exhibition focusing on Edgar Degas’s preoccupation with movement as an artist of the dance. Dance and the Ballet: Picturing Movement traces the development of the artist’s ballet…