Camilla de Laurentis

Neurosurgery resident in Italy, who especially loves paintings and the relationship between Art and Medicine. Football addicted, lover of cats, mother of dragons (...that's not true, but I wish it was)

Stories By Camilla de Laurentis

Art Forms

Online Art Travels: An Ultimate Banksy City Guide for 2020
By Camilla de LaurentisOctober 27, 2020
Nowadays everyone knows Banksy. They actually know his name and his art, since he still remains anonymous. Many wrote and write about him, his identity, his artistic portfolio, and the meanings behind it. This article would...
Ancient

Real Gray’s Anatomy. Medical Illustration from an Artistic Genre to a Profession
By Camilla de LaurentisSeptember 12, 2020
Since the beginning of human history, drawing and creating diagrams have been essential. They were the easiest and most useful form of communication and recording. The main subject matter was, of course, everyday life – animals...
20th century

The Bugatti Brothers: A Story About Cars and Cows
By Camilla de LaurentisAugust 29, 2020
Nowadays Bugatti is a legendary company in the field of automobile technology. However, few people know the history of the man behind the trademark, and even more interesting, the family behind the name. Meet the Bugatti...
Abstraction

VIPs… or VICs (Very Important Colors)? Iconic Hues in Art History
By Camilla de LaurentisJuly 11, 2020
Every person probably dreams of leaving a legacy to the world. For artists this is a central goal and they try to do it through their masterpieces of course. Some people even went further though… They...
Art State of Mind

Seven Books About Art for Holiday Chill
By Camilla de LaurentisJune 22, 2020
Holiday time but not sure if you can afford to travel? Or do you just need something to help forget about social distancing while relaxing somewhere and not being at work? Whatever you are looking for,...
Art State of Mind

Apocalypse Now – Not at the Movies but in Art
By Camilla de LaurentisMay 20, 2020
Recently, in the majority of countries all over the world, people felt like they were “in the middle of the Apocalypse”. Why does everyone naturally associate that word with the feeling of living in a huge...
History

Mona Lisa’s Illnesses
By Camilla de LaurentisMay 2, 2020
Everyone has heard about the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece at the Louvre museum in Paris. But you have probably never heard about… her illnesses! Doctors sometimes try to make a medical diagnosis of the...
Baroque

A Tribute to Medical Services: Doctors in Paintings
By Camilla de LaurentisApril 18, 2020
In the last weeks, we have heard a lot about doctors and healthcare workers, thinking of them as present-day heroes facing up to death. But what do they usually do in everyday life? This journey will...