Annalisa

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Lisa, a 20-something girl living in Rome. I’ve always been a real swot, studying for years latin and greek, and now I’m a fashion and contemporary art student. I have an insane passion for kitsch and cabinets of curiosities. I love useless and whimsical things like antiques and old things, bric à brac, oddities, jewelry especially rings, taxidermy, anatomy, masks, shells, rocks, butterflies, feathers, ephemeral things and engravings. I’m addicted to decadentism and symbolism novels and Baroque and Rococò art. On my blog larocaille.altervista.org I talk about fashion and art trying to avoid banality in order to show the inseparable connection between fashion and art through my personal taste.

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August 17, 2011 Annalisa added Medieval Village

Medieval Village

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin

The Medieval Village in Turin, placed in Valentino Park, is a faithful replica of a 15th Century Piedmontese Village. It was builted in 1882-84 thanks to an idea of Alfredo D'Andrade, the... »

Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Annalisa
July 28, 2011 Annalisa added Kunstkammer Georg Laue

Muenchen, Germany

Kunstkammer Georg Laue

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop

A passionate collector and art historian, Georg Laue was fascinated by Renaissance Kunstkammer and Wunderkammer since he was working with his father’s antiques business. In 1997 Laue opened his... »

Wonder Cabinets, Unique Collections, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by Annalisa and Dylan
June 16, 2011 Annalisa added Buontalenti Grotto

Buontalenti Grotto

In famous gardens, a large grotto built in the 16th century

The biggest of the three grottoes - along with the Mose Grotto and the 19th-century Adam and Eve Grotto - in the area, Buontalenti roughly translates to, as one might suspect, large grotto. But... »

Architectural Oddities, Follies and Grottoes | Edited by Annalisa and Nicholas Jackson
June 16, 2011 Annalisa added Studiolo Francesco I de’ Medici

Studiolo Francesco I de’ Medici

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence

A small room in Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy, the Studiolo Francesco I de’ Medici was the secret refuge and private museum of the one-time Duke of Tuscany from 1574 to 1613. Created between... »

Museums and Collections, Wonder Cabinets | Edited by Annalisa and Nicholas Jackson