Archive for April 3rd, 2010

Masks

03Apr10

Verona used to be ruled by Venice and it is still part of the Veneto region of Italy.  It is therefore not surprising to see carnival masks on sale, especially in the run up to Easter (although I guess that they are pretty common everywhere).  They proved an opportunity to experiment with the narrow depth […]


What is real?

03Apr10

Interior designers have developed the Roman practice of painting exteriors on their interior walls – a practice carried through to today.  However, I can’t think of a time I have seen this carried out with such bravura as in the amphitheatre in Verona, which was undergoing the slow process of turning it into the open […]