Associazione Culturale MEDEA

18/12/2025

12/12/2025

Vi aspettiamo domenica 14 dicembre, alle 20.00, nella Cattedrale di Monopoli, per il nostro concerto per Coro femminile, organo, organetto portativo, symphonia, flauto dolce, arpa e percussioni nell'ambito del SIT LAUS PLENA - Monopoli International Organ Festival

11/12/2025

🎶Ultimo appuntamento con 𝐔𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢 𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐀𝐫𝐓𝐀 – 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐨, la rassegna di musica e archeologia organizzata in collaborazione con l’Associazione Le Corti di Taras e L.A. Chorus.

📖 Domenica 14 dicembre sarà la volta di 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 con La Chorus - Maristella Bianco, maestra del coro.

ℹ️ Ingresso al Museo da Corso Umberto al costo di €10.
L’accesso sarà consentito dalle ore 10:00 per la visita guidata, con inizio alle ore 10:30.
👉 L’accesso al concerto sarà dalle ore 11:00, con inizio alle 11:15.
🥂 A seguire, l’aperitivo nel chiostro del Museo a partire dalle ore 12:15.

🎟️ Biglietti acquistabili presso Le Corti di Taras (via Giovinazzi, 28 – Taranto)
Oppure su VIVATICKET: https://www.vivaticket.com/it/ticket/gospel-story/259756

11/12/2025

This regal picture of the Virgin Mary would have looked out of place on an altar. So why was she painted like this? 🤔

The Virgin Mary is one of the most recognisable people in the history of art. She graces the walls of the Gallery in hundreds of paintings, but this one is rather unusual. In Francesco d'Antonio di Bartolomeo’s ‘The Virgin and Child with Six Angels and Two Cherubim’ the Virgin Mary is dressed in a luxurious blue velvet gown. She stands facing the viewer, her eyes locked on us. A dazzling golden crown, heavy with jewels, sits on her neatly braided hair. She lifts her golden sleeve and points a hand towards her well-dressed attendants. At first glance, you might think this was a painting of a medieval queen. Yet the glistening halo around her head and the Christ Child sat gently in the crook of her arm tell us otherwise.

It was likely that this devotional painting was never intended to be displayed in a church. Instead, it would probably have been found in the home of a wealthy Florentine for use in personal prayer. In Renaissance Italy, it wouldn’t have been unusual for small religious paintings like this to be placed in the home for private devotion. Private images of the Virgin and Child were often made for women and there is some evidence they were given as wedding gifts.

Learn more about our December Picture of the Month here: https://bit.ly/4iyQSzk

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