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| St John's |
Right up there among the most worthwhile buildings to visit in Malta, particularly impressive once you go inside. Among other things, it is home to what is generally regarded as one of the artist Caravaggios best paintings. He spent a short time in Malta whilst on the run from the law after accidentally killing someone in a duel, and so a few of his paintings have ended up here as a result. Man kills another man 400 years ago in a Roman backstreet, and beautiful paintings hang on Maltese church wall today. That's life.
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| wow. |
Have you ever seen the Mona Lisa in the Louvre in Paris? If you haven't, don't bother, it looks just like that image you have of it in your head. And also you won't have to contend with 40 people taking terrible photos of it through a thick plexiglass screen, so they can show their unimpressed friends on facebook. The 'Mona Lisa' may be the most famous painting in the world but it's certainly not the best. It only acquired it's fame in the early 20th century by virtue of being stolen and so appeared in papers all over the world. I don't even buy that stuff about 'capturing her enigmatic smile'. I reckon that's something art critics came up with when everyone started asking them what the big deal about it was.
