Thanks for sharing your thoughts @sonim – I like that era and Chagall too, (but I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen one of his paintings🤔). It’s curious, I am a bit the same – I love visiting museums and galleries when I travel, but I don’t tend to do it in my own town (I have only been to the Uffizi once 😱…although I have been to the Triennale Milano quite a few times!)

I think we are all agreed about the importance of art in our society! How terribly dull life would be without it!

NOTES:

> Specially that one of the XIX th / beginning of XX th century – I would replace ‘that one of’ simply with ‘from’: Specially from the XIXth …To use ‘that one’ isn’t correct because you are talking about a collection of something rather than something individual or unique.

> I always thought that behind a set of masterpieces (not only paintings) a very interesting and turbulent life hides…This sentence is so poetic and rich, I am reluctant to correct it! Because it isn’t wrong, and as I say it is rather lovely. However, a native speaker would say:

I always thought that a very interesting and turbulent life lies behind a set of masterpieces (not only paintings) … (https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/lie-behind)

> lastly, evidence is uncountable so we don’t need an article with it: Not only as evidence of the