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SAXON HENRY

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My trips to Italy remain some of the most luxuriant memories I have due to the gracefulness of just about everything about the country and its people.

Case in point is the history of ceramics in the region around Savona and Albisola, nestled into the coastal plains that stretch from the Ligurian Sea all the way to France to the west, to the Piedmont to the north, and to Tuscany to the east. Savona continues to be a hotbed for creativity, especially where Ligurian ceramics are concerned. Support for this art-form gained an uptick in December 2014 with the opening of the Museo Della Ceramica, which that holds more than six centuries of significant ceramics.

The museum is housed in the Palazzo del Monte de Pieta, which was built by Pope Sixtus IV in 1479. It has been restored and renovated to serve as the ceramics museum, the restoration project owing its success to Armellino & Poggio Architetti Associati, Studio di Architettura Fallucca and architect Marco Ricchebono. I present a diverse array of subjects relating to Italy here on The Diary of Improvateur so if you’d like to read about other angles that have caught my eye, click on the tag and you will find all of the posts relating to Italy there

An antique gilded French chair in the atelier of Feau & Cie in Paris.
Art Books Historical Design

Ateliers of Europe

Saxon Henry February 21, 2023 antiques shopping in Europedecorating historydesign narrativesEnglandfine antiquesfine porcelainFranceItalyRenaissanceWashington DC

Marble muscles ripple—the stone carver’s feat charismatic in its unselfconsciousness. Crystals dangle, their effervescence gleaming for centuries as blown baubles from the past. Mother-of-pearl inlay…

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Books Historical Design

On the Menu at La Fortezza

Saxon Henry October 31, 2022 architectural storytellingAtlantaItalyMedieval Times

In the recently released book At the Table of La Fortezza: The Enchantment of Tuscan Cooking from the Lunigiana Region, published by Rizzoli, author and Atlanta-based…

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Milan Duomo
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Percy Bysshe Shelley in Milan

Saxon Henry February 10, 2022 books of letterscathedrals to exploreDante Alighierifamous writersItalypoetryRome

This essay channeling Percy Bysshe Shelley in Milan is included in my book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary…

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A detail from Francesco Melzi’s “Leda and the Swan” housed in the Uffizi Gallery.
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Debating Da Vinci in Milan

Saxon Henry October 10, 2020 grand residencesGreek deitiesItalykeeping diariespainterspoetry

This essay exploring the genius of Leonardo da Vinci in Milan is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in…

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When Pope Julius II commissioned Raphael to paint his personal library, one of the four frescoes he completed, The School of Athens, includes Michelangelo leaning on a makeshift table writing poetry. Image courtesy WikiMedia.
Books Literature Travel

Saluting the Renaissance Book Club

Saxon Henry June 11, 2020 books of lettersdead poets societyfamous writersFlorenceItalyMichelangeloPetrarchphilosophersRenaissanceWashington DC

This essay celebrating the first printing presses during the Renaissance in Florence, Italy, is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other…

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The Ponte d’Augusto at Narni.
Literature Nature Writing Travel

Traveling Italy with Henry James

Saxon Henry May 15, 2020 cathedrals to exploreHenry JamesItalykeeping diariesnovelistsVenice

This essay following Henry James through Italy is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature…

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drawing of Paestum by Piranesi
Architecture Cultural Explorations Mythology

A Passion for Paestum

Saxon Henry April 25, 2020 Greek deitiesItalykeeping diarieslibrariesnonfiction writersRomeset decorationsummer reading listVenice

This essay featuring three important perceptions of the archaeological site in Paestum, Italy, is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other…

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Peggy Guggenheim at 81 in her palazzo in July 1979. Image: Marie Cosindas.
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Peggy Guggenheim Goes Off-Beat

Saxon Henry April 18, 2020 American poetsfamous writersgrand residencesItalymemoirsPeggy GuggenheimVenice

This essay exploring the world of Peggy Guggenheim in Venice is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book…

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Petrarch and Laura
Creative Writing Cultural Explorations Travel

Shadowing Petrarch in Parma

Saxon Henry March 23, 2020 cathedrals to exploreItalyMedieval TimesParmaPetrarch

This essay is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary adventures and traveling with intention. …

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Dome of the Church of the Holy Sepelchre
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The New Face of Religious Zeal

Saxon Henry May 7, 2018 architectural storytellingcathedrals to exploreclassical antiquityItalyMedieval TimesMichelangelo

As I circle the domed space, I approach the front of the pulpit for the third time. I can’t believe how perfect it is that…

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