Frederic Chopin

Frederic Chopin (1810-1839)This famous romantic composer and a superb piano player is of course widely known by is music, but I decided to choose few interesting facts from his personal life to present him in a different light. He was born in 1810 in February or March (documents disagree on this fac…

Giovanni Boccaccio

Facts about Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) 1. He was an illegitimate son of Florentine Boccaccio di Chellino di Buonaiuto and an unknown lady from France. His father deserted the lady but took care of the son. 2. Birthplace of Giovanni Boccaccio is unknown too. It could be somewhere near Florence, w…

What is Art?

We tend to look for simple, no more than one line long definition of art, but this in most cases produce rather disappointing results. It seems elusiveness is on major attributes of the art which can be quite paradoxical. On one hand it ‘works’ only as media. This means it transfers thoughts, emotio…