Category: Histories & Memories
Voices, tales, recollections and visions of lost time of Lake Como
Feb
08
The art of wine-making in the old days
Vineyards have been cultivated around the shores of lake Como for centuries
Dec
23
Artistic Visions of Lake Como: Charles Warren Eaton
Charles Warren Eaton, American landscape painter, offers a poetic and personal…
Dec
08
Alfred Stieglitz and the photos on Lake Como
We are at the end of the nineteenth century and an outstanding photographer documents,…
Nov
12
1910: an image of daily life, suspended between reality and fiction
A beautiful black-and-white image captures daily life on the lake in the early 1900's,…
Oct
12
Mark Twain on Lake Como
Mark Twain, one of the most celebrated American authors, in a poetic description of…
Aug
02
A Roman temple in front of the Comacina Island?
A painting dated 1839-40 reinterprets poetically the lake landscape
Jul
27
Playing an elegant lady of the early 1900’s on vacation on lake Como
Interview with Arianna Pollini, who participated in the shoot of Madame Solario
Jul
17
Two inglesine on the lakeside in Lenno
Among the pleasure boats sailing silently and rapidly along the shores of the lake,…
Jul
08
The other side of the coin: tourism seen from another perspective
At 14 Laura had already left her mountain village in Valtellina to work as a maid in a…