15 December There was a time when Riace, Italy, was famous all over the world for the discovery of two bronze statues, so beautiful that when the restoration was finished, on December 15, 1980, and were finally exhibited, there were endless lines of visitors queuing...
16 December The Black Plague had a dreadful impact on Siena. The city had reached its golden age during the 14th century, when many of the beautiful buildings that survive to this day were erected (like the Duomo, the Palazzo Pubblico, the Torre del Mangia). This was...
18 December Paul Klee, born 18 December, son of a singer (his mother) and a pianist (his father), was supposed to become a musician, and indeed proved to be a gifted violinist when he was only 7 years of age. However, he was convinced that music was no exciting enough...
19 December The “Black Square” by Kazmir Malevich was shown for the first time at the “Last Futurist Exhibition of Paintings O,10”, which opened on 19 December 1915, in the city thatt used to be St. Petersburg but was just remained Petrograd, to become Leningrad just...
21 December Between walls built from large blocks of stone, in what could be a castle, two young lovers kiss passionately. A very romantic scene that has become a pop icon. But that actually hides a precise political message of nationalist love and hatred of foreigner...
24 December On Christmas Eve, on 24 December 1734, a terrible fire broke out and destroyed the Alcazar, the royal fortress seat of the Spanish monarchy. Under the rubble magnificent works disappeared forever: over 500 paintings by artists such as Leonardo, Holbein,...
