December, 2011 | Hotel Des Artistes Rome Travel Guide

Piranesi, creator of the Roman iconograpy

December 27, 2011 ♦

Ancient Rome, Art exhibitions in Rome, Events in Rome, Exhibitions

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Under the title Piranesi, Rembrandt of the Ruins, the Casa di Goethe in Rome hosts an exhibition of the engraver Giovanni Battista Piranesi, who lived and worked from 1720 to 1778. The Piranesi exhibition gives an excellent insight into what Rome must have looked like in the days of Goethe…

Leonardo and his machines in Rome

December 8, 2011 ♦

Events in Rome, Exhibitions, Rome: off the beaten track

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An exclusive exhibition has been inaugurated in Rome on April 2009 and will be opened till April 30th 2012,dedicated to the eclectic genius of Leonardo da Vinci, whose interests ranged over a wide variety of subjects: painting,sculpture,architecture,music,science,math,engineering,anatomy,geology,cartography,botany. The show gathers the inventions of the great Tuscan master that have been…