December 2016 – Fennyblack

Lightness - the title of this videomapping project on Ponte Vecchio — Lightness – the title of this videomapping project on Ponte Vecchio

Emil Nolde arts on Ponte Vecchio — Van Gogh arts on Ponte Vecchio

Unconventional shoots – it’all about the last F-lights cerimony, the one that has just started some days ago and will last until the beginning of 2017, it takes place all around the city of Florence, and you can enjoy it just walking by the main squares and monuments of the city.

I’ve just have the chance to have a look at some projections that appear each nights on Ponte Vecchio: you can stare at them showing up and introducing the topic of ‘lights’ in the history of arts through a series of images related to some of the main artists, from Taddeo Gaddi to Raffaello, Caravaggio, Van Gogh, Giacomo Balla, Emil Nolde, Andy Warhol and Dan Flavin.

F-lights is the name of the festival about all kinds of activities that could be related to the lights that could be used to enhance the city to make it even more inspirational (as if it was not enough!): video-mapping on buildings and monuments, projections on pavements and squares, streelights from the top panoramas, special shop windows and so on..

Here you are some F-lights shoots:

F-lights Florence 2016 – image by Giacomo Balla

Image projections taken from Dan Flavin arts

#NoteOfTheDay All about that bass by Meghan Trainor

Let’s go to Vinci for a trip, it’s winter, it’s cold, but when the sun shines the need to go somewhere green becomes a must: Vinci is the winner city of this daytrip, a small town located on the Montalbano hills – and we’re obviously talking about the birthplace of Leonardo ‘da Vinci’. Vinci landscapes and Leonardo will be the protagonists of the following pics:

The Vitruvian man - Vinci view — The Vitruvian man – Vinci view

here you can visit a sort of dislocated museum, in the sense that there are several units which are part of the ‘Museum of Leonardo’ in the city of Vinci.

The first visit to do is the Castle of the Guidi Counts in the city center: here you can have a taste of the exhibitions:

rotable crane - first model used to build the Florence' s Dom — rotable crane – first model used to build the Florence’ s Dome

here you are the wooden series: instrumental tools and shapes, a tank model, Leonardo’s wheels studies applied to a bicycle

Mechanical wing model by Leonardo da Vinci

Wooden structure representing the tool and crane used to build the top of the Dome of Florence

Shades and lights reflecting the Vitruvian Man

Then the series of work of arts dedicated to the painting and the study of perspective:

Reflection and perspective with Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

The study of wheels - wooden machines by Leonardo — The study of wheels – wooden machines by Leonardo

Here is the Leonardo’s painting in which he was able to introduce the power of linear perspective to go towards naturalism in painting. You can see the deepth of the landscape and natural pose of the characters by looking at it moving to the right, from Mary’s point of view: if you do so, you can enjoy the very point of view and right perspective:

Leonardo's Annunciation — Leonardo’s Annunciation

Trip to Anchiano, birthplace of Leonardo

Books and videos about Leonardo history by Archivio Luce

#NoteOfTheDay by Rag’n’Bone Human

Month: December 2016

Unconventional F-lights shoots – it’all about the bridge #flightfirenze

Vinci, Leonardo and Italian excellence