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Milan



Milan

05 · 16 · 2018 05 · 20 · 2018

Duomo
di Milano

05 · 17 & 18 · 2018

THE MILAN DUOMO IS THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF MILAN,
LOM BA RDY, ITA LY. IT IS DE DIC ATE D TO S T. M A RY OF TH E N ATI V IT Y
(SA NTA M A RIA N A SCE NTE), A N D IS TH E SE AT OF TH E A RCH BISHOP
OF MIL AN. THE CATHEDR AL TOOK NEARLY SIX CENTURIES TO
COMPLETE. IT IS THE L ARGEST CHURCH IN ITALY AND THE THIRD
L ARGEST IN THE WORLD. THE CATHEDRAL WAS BUILT OVER SEVERAL
HUNDRED YEARS IN A NUMBER OF CONTRASTING STYLES AND THE
QUA LIT Y OF TH E WORKM A NSHIP VA RIE S M A RKE DLY.













Galleria Vittorio
Emanuele II

05 · 19 · 18

THE GALLERIA VIT TORIO EMANUELE II IS ITALY’S OLDEST ACTIVE SHOPPING MALL
A N D A M A JOR L A N DM A RK OF MIL A N, ITA LY. HOUSE D WITHIN A FOU R-S TORY DOU BLE
ARCADE IN THE CENTER OF TOWN, THE GALLERIA IS NAMED AFTER VICTOR EMMANUEL
II, TH E FIR S T KING OF TH E KING DOM OF ITA LY, A N D WA S DE SIG N E D IN 1861 A N D BUILT
BY A RCHITEC T GIUSE PPE M E NGONI BE T W E E N 1865 A N D 1867.













Castello
Sforzesco

05 · 18 · 18

TH E SFOR Z A C A S TLE WA S BUILT IN TH E 15TH
CENTURY BY DUKE OF MILAN FRANCESCO
SFOR Z A ON TH E RE M N A NT S OF A 14TH-CE NT U RY
FORTIFICATION. BECAUSE OF ITS STRUCTURE,
IT UNDERWENT SIEGES, DEMOLITIONS
AND RECONSTRUCTIONS THROUGHOUT
THE CENTURIES. IT IS HOME TO THE LAST
MASTERPIECE OF MICHELANGELO, THE PIETÀ
RONDANINI, AND CAN BE FOUND IN THE MUSEO
DE LL A PIE TÀ RON DA NINI, OPE N E D IN 2015 IN
THE SPANISH HOSPITAL INSIDE THE CASTLE AND
DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE SCULPTURE.

Rondanini Pietà

HOUSED IN THE SFORZA CASTLE IS MICHELANGELO’S RONDANINI
PIE TÀ, A M A RBLE SCU LP T U RE TH AT H E WORKE D ON FROM 1552
U NTIL TH E L A S T DAYS OF HIS LIFE, IN 1564.



La Triennale di Milano

05 · 18 · 18

SINCE 1923 L A TRIE N N A LE IS A N INTE RN ATION A L
INSTITUTION WHICH ORGANISES EXHIBITIONS
AND EVENTS ABOUT ARTS, DESIGNS,
ARCHITECTURE, FASHION, CINEMA, PHOTOGRAPHY
AND THEATRE. THE TRIENNALE DESIGN MUSEUM,
OPE N E D IN 2007, IS TH E FIR S T M USEU M OF ITA LIA N
DESIGN CHAR ACTERISED BY CONTINUOUSLY
CHANGING CAPTIVATING THEMATIC EXHIBITIONS.
THE MUSEUM SHOWCASES ITALIAN DESIGN BY
MEANS OF A SERIES OF REPRESENTATIONS THAT
A RE RE N E W E D A N N UA LLY. SOM E OF M Y FAVORITE
EXHIBITS FROM THIS VISIT ARE OSVALDO
BORSANI AND CYCLOPICA: THE HUMAN SIDE OF
INFRASTRUCTURE.

Cimitero
Monumentale
di Milano

05 · 19 · 18

THE CIMITERO MONUMENTALE IS ONE OF THE TWO LARGEST
CE M E TE RIE S IN MIL A N, ITA LY. IT IS NOTE D FOR TH E A BU N DA NCE
OF ARTISTIC TOMBS AND MONUMENTS. OFFICIALLY OPENED IN
1866, IT H A S SINCE TH E N BE E N FILLE D WITH A WIDE R A NG E OF
CONTEMPORARY AND CLASSICAL ITALIAN SCULPTURES AS WELL
AS GREEK TEMPLES, ELABORATE OBELISKS, AND OTHER ORIGINAL
WORKS SUCH AS A SCALED-DOWN VERSION OF THE TRAJAN’S
COLUMN. MANY OF THE TOMBS BELONG TO NOTED INDUSTRIALIST
DYNASTIES, AND WERE DESIGNED BY WELL-KNOWN ARTISTS.











Typography with James.

JA M E S TOOK US ON A T Y P OG R A PH Y TOU R OF TH E CE M E TA RY,
SHOWING US T YPOGRAPHY THROUGH THE AGES, FROM THE GOOD,
THE BAD, AND EVERY THING IN BETWEEN.

The Last Supper

05 · 21 · 18

THE LAST SUPPER, ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST
RECOG NIZ A BLE PAINTINGS, IS A L ATE 15TH-
CENTURY MURAL PAINTING BY LEONARDO
DA VINCI HOUSED BY THE REFECTORY OF THE
CONVENT OF SANTA MARIA DELLE GRAZIE
IN MILAN. THE WORK IS PRESUMED TO HAVE
BE E N S TA RTE D A ROU N D 1495–96 A N D WA S
COMMISSIONED AS PART OF A PLAN OF
RENOVATIONS TO THE CHURCH AND ITS CONVENT
BUILDINGS BY LEONARDO’S PATRON LUDOVICO
SFORZA, DUKE OF MILAN.





Verona



Verona

05 · 21 · 2018 05 · 24 · 2018

Museo
Lapidario
Maffeiano

05 · 22 · 2018

TH E M USEU M L A PIDA RY M A FFEIA NO OPE N E D IN 1738 A N D FE AT U RE S
A COLLECTION OF ANCIENT STONE CARVINGS & INSCRIPTIONS. IT IS
ONE OF THE OLDEST LAPIDARY MUSEUMS OF EUROPE.





Basilica di San Zeno

05 · 23 · 18

THE BASILICA DI SAN ZENO IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEDIEVAL
CHURCH IN VERONA. IT WAS FOUNDED IN THE 5TH CENTURY AND
RE BUILT IN TH E 12TH CE NT U RY. IT FE AT U RE S ROM A N E SQU E FAC A DE,
BRONZE DOORS, AND MANY IMPORTANT ARTWORKS INSIDE.