21-02-2020
Stenterello: a Florentine Carnival mask
In Naples there is the famous Pulcinella, in Venice there is Colombina and in Bergamo there are Arlecchino and Brighella; but even Florence has its traditional carnival mask! It is called Stenterello, and owes its name to its puny and haggard appearance, that of a man who seems to have,...
14-02-2020 - Romantic Florence: Ippolito and Dianora
08-02-2020 - That vandal, Michelangelo Buonarroti