A good observer will discover that in Florence there are several astronomical instruments scattered around the city, not only great breeding ground for artists but also for scientists and scholars.
In ancient times, to know the time people used the sundial, a measurement tool based on the detection of the...
When people talk about Michelangelo's Pietà, they usually mean the Pietà di San Pietro, or Vatican
Pietà, one of his most renoknown works, but this is not the only sculptural
group of this type that he ever made. In fact, he made three, and now for the
first time they...
Quant’è bella giovinezza,
che si fugge tuttavia!
chi vuol esser lieto, sia:
di doman non c’è certezza.
"How
beautiful is youth, / though quickly it does flee! / be happy if you want to: /
for tomorrow may not come"
This is what Lorenzo
il Magnifico wrote in the opening...
Florence
is a place rich in history and art that tourists from all over the world come
to admire, transforming the city into a meeting place of many different
cultures. People travel to here from all over the world not only to see the amazing
art masterpieces scattered all over...
The
Venus of Urbino, or simply Titian's Venus, is one of the most
famous paintings in the history of art, admired as much as discussed, it was a
source of inspiration for many artists.
Guidobaldo
II della Rovere di Urbino, commissioned this painting from the Venetian painter
with the intention...
In
Italy they are a big hit, even 100 years after their creation. We mostly give
them as presents for Saint Valentine’s
day, but also on Mother’s Day and a variety of other occasions. In fact, we
love them so much, that we eat them all year round. They are...
During Carnevale each of us should let go and have some fun, no more diets, but rather, it is time to indulge in sweets! That's why there are so many pastry preparations related to this period. In particular, a dessert ever present at carnival in Tuscany are "Cenci" (rags), sweet...
“I love the idea that painting,
pointless technologically, can still hypnotise and seduce us.” Says artist
Anj Smith, a statement that leaves
space for reflection, not only about painting, but art itself.
Art is created and consumed because human beings crave to express themselves,
to look at something beautiful, something...
With
Brunelleschi’s Dome, Giotto's bell tower and the tower of Palazzo Vecchio to
reign supreme in the Florentine skyline, the beautiful bell tower of the Badia Fiorentina often goes unnoticed,
although clearly visible next to the tower of the Bargello museum.
It
indicates the position of one of the
oldest...
Florence
welcomes in five of its major museums the works of one of the most
important living artists in the world, Jenny
Saville. This is a huge exhibition project, curated by Sergio Risaliti,
director of the Museo Novecento, the
fulcrum of the widespread exhibition.
Here
we find about 100 works...
