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MILAN, SHOW YOURSELF!

Title: Milan Show Yourself!
Concept, copy, art: Giuseppe Di Benedetto

© Copyright 2010 Joseph Di Benedetto

MILAN SHOW YOURSELF!

Under his thick aspect of modern and dynamic metropolis, projected towards the future, Milan conceals extraordinary architectural treasures, history, trivia, large and small magic ignored by the general public, our national and foreign. Milan conceals the story in the eyes of those who go too fast, who takes it for granted that "there is nothing", and that can pass in front of masterpieces, often unique in Italy. Milan, show yourself! is an invitation to the city to show, to reveal its many treasures, to enhance them and proud to show them the world. From this simple and obvious observation the idea of \u200b\u200bthis work , no brand, and any political reference, intended to highlight three landmarks of this attitude and so concealing: the most famous work Francesco Hayez, 's nineteenth-century masterpiece of Louis Cagnola and the most ingenious trompe l'oeil of the story. Soon other treasures out ....

A BOW WITHOUT PEACE

The Arco della Pace in Milan ( Louis Cagnola 1807) represents the triumphal entry and the monumental, the point of arrival of the Simplon road, ideally linked with Paris. Together with other buildings in the adjacent, is one of the greatest architectural achievements nineteenth-century building in Milan.

Trivia: In "A Moveable Feast" by Hemingway shows the mistaken belief that the Arco della Pace is aligned with the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and the Arc de Triomphe Étoile Paris. Originally, the huge bronze sestiga was in fact addressed to France, but with the change of political horizons and the passage of the Milan Austria sestiga was turned towards the city. After about twenty years 'work, including delays and degradation problems, it was concluded the restoration of' Arco della Pace returned to its former glory but are in a poor state of degradation the old adjacent box.

THE KING OF KISSES

'll Kiss (oil on canvas) is perhaps the best-known and appreciated by Francesco Hayez . This framework summarizes the main characteristics of Italian Romanticism: the individual love and love for patria.L 'individual love is easily detectable already look to the surface: the link between the two lovers is strong, very passionate kiss and emotional. The left leg of a young rests on a step, which could suggest the impending farewell of his beloved young patriot, who was forced to flee in favor of a just cause.

The trompe l'oeil PIU 'Engineer HISTORY

In the city the most famous trompe-l'oeil is fake choir of the church of Santa Maria presso San Satyr, a jewel of Bramante. The tiny size of the building convinced the great master to achieve in the area of \u200b\u200bthe sanctuary, an amazing time in stucco: only 97 inches, capable of significantly deceive the human eye, suggesting a much greater concavity.