If you are curious about who has designed the most famous buildings in the world, look no further. The following is a list of architects with their biographical data, and - with Brown Bold - the building or area they are most known for. The links of the buildings take you usually to their Wikipedia page. 1423-0706 Antonio Manetti* mathematician/architect – Florence, Republic of Florence (1497/73) 1475-0306 Michelangelo* sculptor/painter/architect – Arezzo, Republic of Florence (1564) Continue reading

[caption id=“attachment_8365” align=“alignright” width=“301”]Vase with Pink Roses, 1890. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington[/caption] This time in Who Said That! a quote from someone who knew how to live an eventful life. He wouldn’t settle for anything mediocre or devoid of authentic feeling, saying that “I WOULD RATHER DIE OF PASSION THAN OF BOREDOM_"_ And who was that? You might think it was someone who dove into passionate relationships with vengeance, not caring about the consequences of a potentially socially totally (or, at the very least, less) acceptable liaison or behavior. Continue reading

There are several artists listed here in Journeys of Life, one of them being the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, born November 12th, 1840. Check here for other people born that same year and decade, and check also this Artsy link that shows some of Rodin’s work and where you could see them. There is also an interesting app that you could download called DailyArt that gives you a new piece of art to see and read about on a daily basis, even when sitting in a crowded bus. Continue reading