In
via Maggio at n. 26, there is a very
particular building, recognizable by its beautiful facade entirely decorated with grotesques.
First documented architectural work of Bernardo
Buontalenti, the palace was commissioned
by Francesco I de’ Medici and built, between 1570 and 1574, upon an old
fifteenth-century building.
Francesco
I,...
Florence
is a place full of history and stories, and sometimes, without even realizing
it, we find ourselves walking right upon them.
This might have happened in Piazza della
Signoria, where a large marble
plaque set in the paving of the square, right in front of the fountain of
Neptune,...
Coffee is consumed in large
quantities all over the world, but it is a known fact that Italians are
particularly fond of this drink, so much so that they have made its preparation
an art.
Coffee beans arrived in Italy, more
precisely in Venice, from the East around 1570. Initially,...
The
Double
Portrait of the Dukes of Urbino is one of the most famous portraits of
the Renaissance, preserved today in the Uffizi
Gallery.
This
diptych was commissioned in 1465 to
Piero della Francesca, by Federico di Montefeltro, Lord of Urbino.
Represented
in profile, we see the two spouses...
Today
we offer you a truly delicious and substantial dish of the Tuscan culinary
tradition: Peposo dell'Impruneta.
This recipe, originally from Impruneta, a village in the hills near Florence,
is similar to a stew and takes its name from the copious amount of pepper
that is used in its preparation. This...
“Painting is based solely on the law of knowing how
to find the right colour tone and getting i tinto its proper space.” – Oscar Ghiglia
The
new exhibition at Palazzo Medici
Riccardi features a beloved artist of the twentieth century: Oscar Ghiglia (1876-1945).
"Oscar
Ghiglia, The years of the...
An
extraordinary exhibition, the one about Donatello
entitled Donatello, the Renaissance, which can be visited until 31 July
2022 at Palazzo Strozzi and the Bargello Museum. Over 130 works
including sculptures, paintings and drawings, including some unique loans,
never granted before, and distributed in two locations of excellence.
Donato...
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...
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...
