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Electricity Museum in Lisbon
Museum located in a beautiful building in the tourist area of Belém, with guided visits and activities for the whole family.
Basilica of San Marco in Venice
It is enriched with precious treasures and artifacts, often from the Far East. In its architecture, which is both the Byzantine, Roman and Venetian, was recognize by the work of artists and artisans from various sources. When the republic fell, there were many raids, yet the treasury of the Basilica of San Marcos still has valuable items such as cups, reliquaries, chalices, etc. made of gold, silver or crystal. In addition to the domes, it is especially the beautiful mosaics on a gold background, completely covering the walls of the Basilica, which link the Christian basilica, the Oriental art. Inside the Basilica of San Marco in Venice, you will be especially impressed by the mosaics, which constitute a veritable illustrated Bible, a book designed for use by those who could not read and used for the edification of believers. The facade of the basilica is a masterpiece of Gothic sculpture, a composition full of columns, arches, gables and reliefs, as in all medieval churches are often characters, or scenes of daily life occupations. The Basilica of San Marco shows a clear Byzantine influence, but it will find a wide variety of styles. This is because one of the Doges of the Venetian Republic imposed a tribute to the merchants who make a good business in the city, thus enriching the Basilica of San Marco. The exterior of the Basilica of San Marcos, like all the Piazza San Marco, shows two completely different faces, which can be seen during the day, crowded and at night, which breathes peace of mind and can admire the grandeur of the Basilica as you...
Renaissance Faces at Bode Museum in Berlin
On the 25th of August, the exhibition Renaissance Faces will open at the Bode Museum in Berlin, which contents the largest exhibition of Renaissance art from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. This exquisite exhibition is done in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and will be open until November 20th. The exhibition is organized with 150 portraits painted by Filippo Lippi, Sandro Botticelli and Giovanni Bellini. The Italian portrait, in its beginnings, was marked by the realism of great Dutch painters and reflected the social status, marital status and social and aristocratic relations of the person, just by looking at his/her facial expressions. The development of portraiture in the Renaissance led to increase the demand of this kind of art in various sectors of society, who found an opportunity to perpetuate different iconography, that reflected different features such as religious devotions, an expression of love in its many facets, or religious and political images representing the dominant and political power at the time. The portraiture was also a testing ground for artists, through self-portrait and the anonymous portraits or illusory. Following the masters of the time several new techniques were developed. Fray Filippo Lippi (1406-1469), known as Lippo Lippi, entered the convent after the death of his parents. When he was only 15 years old, he began to express his artistic capacities in painting by decorating the Brancacci Chapel with Masolino and Masaccio. Protected by Cosimo de Medici, he created remarkable works, including Madonna and Child, which is preserved in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. He was a remarkable teacher of great artists as Sandro...Os Tibetanos Restaurant Lisbon
Next to the Botanical Garden of Lisbon, in the same house where there´s a Buddhist school. Specialized in vegetarian food from Tibet and Nepal.
Annika Ström at the CAAC in Seville
Until the 11th of September, the Seville Center of Contemporary Art (CAAC) is presenting the work of Annika Ström. The show, titled Song by., is a part of the museum´s “La Canción como Fuerza Social Transformadora ” project. During the 20th century, popular music went hand in hand with all the revolutionary movements, like a motor for mobilization, and catalyst for transforming dreams. This is how music and culture transformed in spheres of ideological struggle, with many artists´ work being defined by their support or condemnation for certain political positions; they were art works and music which included a kind of kind of social compromise. During the Spanish Civil War, music was a crucial part of the trenches; it accompanied the political processes which culminated in the defeat of the Republic – and it was an emotional and political trigger for resistance and exile from the Franco dictatorship. In the same way, the revolutions in the 60s taking place in far flung places round the world became a kind of mode of inspiration; a motor for creators of revolutionary music, such as Violeta Parra and Víctor Jara in Latin America. This special role which music takes is what this exhibition seeks to analyze and investigate, through the work of artists who work with music as an explorative vehicle for new concepts in a post-modern society. With this in mind, the museum has centered its show around two conceptual artists whose work is based on the idea of music as an explorer of emotion and behaviour; Annika Ström and Ruth Ewan. Annika Ström was born in Helsingborg, Sweden in 1964....
Rock Seine Festival in Paris
How much further are they going to take it? I mean, what is modern music all about now? Modern meaning Pop. If we analyze a little the patterns and trends of the development of pop music over the last 60 years, we see that it´s not just all about piecing together sounds and images, creating and producing records for the young people who scream for Elvis, The Beatles, and so on… The strange thing about those early days was the impact of those artists on daily life; something which in general you don´t see so much today. That´s to say, however much a cultural phenomenon Lady Gaga might be, she is far more of a construction, taking iconography to fetishistic levels. Her invention is nothing more than a remix of a mixture; Ziggy Stardust must be turning in his grave… Nowadays, pop is nothing but a cog in the wheels of the system- nothing but a silly game we all play, but don´t really understand. Indie Rock doesn´t count for much either. With the massive turnover of record labels, blogs, websites, the death of Myspace, the rise of Facebook, and all the other social networks you can think of, the sound of music all around the world is pretty much sold out, and exhausted. On the one hand, the mp3 is practical, useful, as a form of recreation in amongst that whole tangle of musical formats, but nevertheless it is bound to represent art, or knowledge in an inferior way. The spirit of recent vinyl has meant that monsters like Lady Gaga edit in vinyl, because if not, they...Prima Pasta Ristorante Lisbon
Located in the centre of Lisbon, it serves Italian food at a good price. They have a group menu and a takeaway service.
Oriental Museum Lisbon
A museum that shows the public with exhibitions, the influence of the East in the West, and of Western culture in Asia.
Aero Club de Portugal, Lisbon
Touristic air circuits over the city of Lisbon. The client has the freedom to organize the route to his liking.
ArdoMar Sailing Club Lisbon
A school club that offers sailing courses in the great city of Lisbon. It also has a minicruise service per day or weeks.
