Sunday, June 7, 2009

Ancient Rome Art: Exclusive Tour of Priceless Artifacts on Bay of Naples

Ancient Rome: Exclusive Tour of Priceless Artifacts in Villa Arianna, Stabiae, on the Bay of Naples Italy. WebVisionItaly editors Ron and Deborah Del Sesto stop at Villa Arianna on their Campania travels around the Bay of Naples, Sorrentine Peninsula, and Amalfi coast. Here the ancient Roman frescoes, sculpture, and architecture is all in its original form preserved by ashes from Mt. Vesuvius on the last night in 79A.D when it buried the famous ancient Roman city Pompeii.

The blue, yellow, and gold pigments seen in the fresoces in Villa Arianna is unique and different in color from what is seen in Pompeii' ruins, which are famous for painting in colors of Pompeii red and black, colors common in the Villa Arianna frescoes. The amazing use of perspective in painting by the ancient Romans is seen in many of the fresco paintings that line the walls of Villa Arianna, and the use of pipes and plumbing for hot and cold water as well as toilets, demonstrates the ancient Roman lifestyle was "modern" with an emphasis on celebrating humanity, the culture of art, music, food, and spirituality. The lifestyle of the Bay of Naples at the time of Christ, as depicted in scenes in the fresco paintings on the walls of the villa,













was to say the least, luxurious by modern-day standards. Villa Arianna is an architectural marvel filled with paintings, sculptures, gardens, techniques used by ancient Romans here n these villas on the Bay of Naples not seen again until the Renaissance. A visit here to see the ancient Roman lifestyle would make any modern-day emperor jealous.

Stabiae and the villas full of priceless arts were the subject of a Smithsonian magazine article and the focus of a 2008 exhibit in Washington D.C., which included pieces of fresco, sculpture, and artifacts from ancient Stabiae. WebVisionItaly Bay of Naples Art Tour is the only Italy tour that escorts its guests to Villa San Marco and Villa Arianna in the ancient city of Stabiae to see priceless works of art.

Video Villa Arianna, Stabiae, WebVisionItaly Bay of Naples tour, director's first cut.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Who Spins a Better Pizza: Man or Machine? The Pizza Machine

Who Spins a Better Pizza: Man or Machine? The Pizza Machine

Click to see the Pizza Machine make a pizza in less than three minutes. Coming to a break room near you, will it put the local pizza chef master sponner our of business. Leave commens below.

June Festivals in Italy - Italy Right Now - Umbria, Verona, Rome

June is festival Month in Italy's regions. The Giro d'Italia that seduced the country and Italy-lovers during May gives way to authentic festivals in Italy's towns.

If you are traveling in Italy during the first week of June be sure to plan around the June 2 holiday, the national holiday celebrating the Festa della Republica - Italy's birthday - is celebrated in all Italy's regions. Italy's trains to the spiaggia, the beach, from places like Florence, Bologna, Parma, Rome, Turin, and Milan to the beaches are full. Also, the highways are packed with cars full of the Italian vacationers dreaming of the Italian seacoast and Italy's beaches for a few days. So try to plan your Italy vacation or Italy train travel around this date.

Another one of Motorino Man's favorite festivals in Italy is the Feast of Corpus Christi. We like to be in Spello for the L'infiorata, which are flower mosaics that take days to create from local flowers and cover the streets, which flower mosaics are then walked on by the proccession on festival day.

Click below to check out video Italy Right Now June for much more about June festivals in Italy.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Gubbio-Umbria- I Ceri Candle Festival












Umbria, Gubbio May 15 is the candle festival - I Ceri. The beautiful medieval town draws thousands of visitors from all over the world to see the Ceri, candles, raised in the town square, after the saints Ubalo, Giorgio, Antonio Abate are fastened to the top, and then the race of three laps around the square begins. After the jump enjoy video of I Ceri Gubbio. Video >