Tag: travel
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Bernini in Rome
Short Biography Gian Lorenzo Bernini was born on December 7th, 1598, to Pietro Bernini and Angelica Galante, in Naples. His father was already an established artist and, after receiving a papal commission to work on the marble relief in the Cappella Paolina of Santa Maria Maggiore, relocated with his family to Rome. After founding a…
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Adventures in Amsterdam: The Stedelijk Museum
Home to both modern and contemporary art, the museum houses a permanent collection split into three sections (detailed below). Each section allows audiences to engage with well-known artists and those who perhaps they are more unfamiliar with. Tackling themes such as colonisation, revolution, globalisation, digitalisation and the changing environment, this definitely made for a thought…
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Oude Kerk
Short History Located in the red-light district and founded in the 13th century, the Medieval church is the oldest building in Amsterdam. Initially the site was host to a wooden chapel but was gradually replaced by a stone church. Initially Roman Catholic, the Oude Kerk was taken over as a Calvinist church after the Reformation…