On June 24, Florence
celebrates its patron saint, San Giovanni, but this has not always been the
case. Back in the day, when the religion was still pagan, the city was devoted
to the god Mars. Many believe that
the current Baptistery of San Giovanni
was built from the ruins...
Un extraño par de compañeros en el muro del ferrocarril
en viale Corsica.
Por un lado tenemos lo que parece una extraña y amenazante morsa, de grandes
cejas, que también podrían ser alas, y un cigarrillo en la boca que dibuja un
monstruo de humo en el aire.
Por otro...
Tuscan
crostini, also known as crostini neri (black),
are the Tuscan appetizer par excellence. Exceptionally tasty, they are perfect
for all seasons as they can be consumed both warm and cold, and are perfect for
a light aperitif with a glass of good red wine, or as a snack before...
Otra obra de gran envergadura del Viaducto de Varlungo, que ocupa todo un
pilón del puente. El mural parecería ser un escribo o una tag elaborada (una firma o
marca registrada), un tipo de trabajo que en realidad constituye la mayoría de
los grafitis y el arte callejero en general....
A 20 km al norte de Florencia, en el hermoso
Espacio Natural Protegido de Monte Giovi (992 m), en el valle del arroyo Sieci,
en un bosque de castaños, pinos, fresnos y robles, encontramos, aislado y en
una panorámica posición a 565 m., el Santuario de la Madonna delle Grazie...
Red, black, brown, white and ochre were part of the color palette artists used in cave paintings. The first pigments, invented about 40,000 years ago, were a combination of soil, animal fat, burnt charcoal, and chalk, but since then, the number of colors available to the artists has continued to...
This large artwork, signed The Typers, represents a strip of the famous Italian
satirical comics, Sturmtruppen.
Created by Franco Bonvicini (Bonvi) in 1968, the comics was published
until 1994, year of the author's death following a car accident: while
crossing the street, Bonvi was hit by a car conducted by a...
American Art
1961-2001
concludes the trilogy dedicated to American art at Palazzo Strozzi, which began
in 2012 with the exhibition Americani a Firenze. Sargent e gli
impressionisti del Nuovo Mondo and continued in 2016 with Da Kandinsky a
Pollock. La grande arte dei Guggenheim.
The exhibition retraces the history of...
Those who were children in the 90s will certainly remember the cartoon
series called Dragon Ball, taken from the manga of the same name in 1884, by
Akira Toriyama. These imagese painted under the Varlungo Viaduct are inspired
by the protagonist of this manga, Son Goku. In the manga, just...
Esta vez el título "Más
allá del Renacimiento" debe interpretarse como "Renacimiento más allá de sí mismo",
es decir, en el apogeo de su idea del mundo y del redescubrimiento de la
cultura clásica. La fachada del Palazzo Rucellai, diseñada por Leon Battista
Alberti y terminada en 1465, se celebra...
