http://www.ladysilvia.org http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18154/arte/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18154/arte/0/ Wed, 19 May 2010 15:00:56 +0200 Stefano Festa was born in Milan. In 1970, when he is only 12 years old, he meets the postcubist painter Ibrahim Kodra, a close friend and artistic heir of Picasso, who recognizes in Festa strong artistic flairs. So young, Festa begins to attend regularly the Master’s studio located in Milan, as his pupil and then as his personal art assistant for 22 years long, up to 1992, following Kodra in his frenetic activity in Italy and abroad. The painting of Kodra, who exhibited also with Kokoschka, Picasso, Matisse, Mirò, Modigliani, and the attendance of the artistic milieu around his Master will play a strong role in the artistic education of Festa and in the development of his peculiar social commitment to the promotion and watching of art and artists ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/16551/arte/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/16551/arte/0/ Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:43:07 +0100 Astrid Lulling (EPP) told us that "in Luxembourg, at least when I was a child, St. Nicolas was much more important than Christmas, as far as presents for children are concerned. But we never got presents for Christmas. Of course, this has changed and unfortunately Christmas is more and more an occasion to offer and consume or to feel obliged to celebrate and consume". She went on to say that "for me, it is still a welcome break to stay at home, meet friends who are alone as I am, without a close family". For German Liberal Nadja Hirsch, "Christmas allows people the time and peace of mind to enjoy a joyful or simply restful time ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/14728/arte/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/14728/arte/0/ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:23:21 +0100 Milan: Guy Bourdin is considered to be one of the most daring and intriguing artists in the world of 20th century visual culture. A singular artist with a unique perception of art, fashion, advertising and life, and a relentless search for perfection. He was responsible for the groundbreaking turning point in the world of image-making in the late 70s. Guy Bourdin was a man with the aura of a visionary and fluid imagination, who worked in metaphors and explored contradictory realities, dialoguing with the sublime and irrational qualities with great intensity.Fascinated by his mentor Man Ray, the photographer Edward Weston and the surrealist painters René Magritte and Balthus, he spent the formative years in post war France, within a conservative social climate, ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/astronomia/12524/arte/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/astronomia/12524/arte/0/ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:52:33 +0200 For the second time since April, ESA's Jules Verne ATV was used to raise the orbit of the International Space Station yesterday. A record boost from the 20 minute burn of the Automated Transfer Vehicle's main engines successfully lifted the altitude of the 300-tonne Station by around 7 km to an altitude of around 345 km above the Earth's surface. The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) was prepared for reboost operations by ATV Control Centre (ATV-CC) in Toulouse, France. The manoeuvre started at 08:42 CEST (06:42 GMT) yesterday morning and provided a 4.05 m/s thrust lasting 20 minutes using two of the ATV's four main engines with an outstanding precision of 1%. While the automatic order was initiated by Moscow Control Centre, two dozen controllers from ESA, CNES and Astrium at ATV-CC ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/981/arte/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/981/arte/0/ Thu, 09 Jan 2003 03:43:50 +0100 C'era una volta, 24 anni fa, una bambina di nome Silvia che venne al mondo stringendo un pennello tra le mani. A soli sei anni vinse il Suo primo premio ad un concorso della Walt Disney per il disegno più bello e così ….. incominciò la sua lunga strada verso l'arte… Iniziò con la pittura su carta e su tela… Un bel giorno, guardandosi intorno, scoprì una grande passione: la pittura su porcellana. Giorno dopo giorno questa passione andava sempre più intensificandosi, la tecnica andava migliorando e così decise di condividere la sua passione… Inizia così ad esporre a diverse mostre con un entusiastico riscontro del pubblico. Realizzando opere esclusive ed importanti si è affermata a Roma come decoratrice, dipingendo su porcellana vari soggetti: paesaggi, fiori, nature morte, ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/671/arte/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/671/arte/0/ Wed, 25 Sep 2002 03:22:24 +0200 24 settembre 2002 E' morto stasera a Milano, all'età di 75 anni, il pittore Emilio Tadini. Tadini è morto nella sua casa milanese. Da oltre un anno era gravemente malato. Nato a Milano nel 1927, Tadini è stato autore poliedrico e sostenitore di una necessaria ricerca globale, ispirato da un'intensa passione per ogni dimostrazione creativa. La sua attività di pittore inizia negli anni Cinquanta, ma ad essa si affianca la scrittura e la poesia. L'esordio nella letteratura avvenne nel 1947, quando pubblicò sulla rivista "Il Politecnico" di Vittorini il suo primo poemetto, "La Passione secondo Matteo". Negli anni, i progetti di diversa matrice intellettuale hanno rispettato un flusso parallelo, portandolo alla realizzazione di importanti opere tra cui "L'armi l'amore", del '63, e ]]>