Ordering a cappuccino after lunch? Sitting with an espresso for an hour? These are dead giveaways you’re not a local. Italian coffee culture is a ritual of speed and precision.
Avoid it: At breakfast, cappuccino is fine. After meals, opt for a quick espresso at the bar. Stand, drink, and go—Italians treat coffee like a functional (and delicious) pit stop, not a sit-down event.
Painting is an ancient medium and even with the introduction of photography, film and digital technology, it still has remained a persistent mode of expression. So many paintings have been limned over dozens of millennia that only a relatively small percentage of them could be construed as "timeless classics" that have become familiar to the public—and not coincidentally produced by some of the most famous artists of all time. We, of course, have our opinion of what makes the grade and we present them here in our list of the best paintings of all time.
