ساحة الإمبراطور أغسطس، 10، روما، إيطاليا (Piazza Augusto Imperatore, 10, Rome, Italy) 0039063080400
Discovering Villa Medici and its wonders of art and culture is fun! Especially for children between 5 and 11 years old. The educational visits organized by expert staff aim to transform young visitors into great explorers... of works of art! With a notebook in hand and a pencil, participants will have to hunt for animals and fantastic creatures made of different materials such as marble, bronze and paint. But be careful, some are real! The activity is interspersed with games, clues and moments of artistic creation for a great adventure among artistic treasures and mythological stories that are hidden at the French Academy.
Cultured and lovers of the arts, the Farneses put together a vast collection which included paintings, ancient sculptures, sketches, drawings and manuscripts. Today much of it is brought together in an exhibition.
Within the history of the lapidary arts, the so-called “CABOCHON” cut is considered one of the oldest techniques of cutting gems.
Appreciated since Antiquity, this technique was practiced by craftsmen from China to the Mediterranean basin, via India, because it highlighted the color of the gemstones.
The CABOCHON cut became a signature of ...