This tyrannosaurus is located on an external wall
of the University of Florence, Faculty of Literature and Philosophy. What is
the message? An obsolete and aggressive culture? But why green? Via degli
Alfani, Florence.
On
the ancient palaces of Florence you can still see the iron rings where the
horses were attached. Little men could dangle down attached to a ring ... Via
de' Pucci, Florence.
Here
we see flowers growing from a little girl's head. The crowd cheers, almost
venerates her. Is innocence true creativity? Via Bufalini, Florence.
It is not in Florence, but it is special and worthy of mention. On the entrance of a Casa del Popolo,
bombers dropping bombs were not in the original and have been added to clarify the events, in case of
misunderstanding. Picasso was not clear enough. Ortonovo, Massa Carrara.
It was November 27, 1922, when Howard Carter
discovered the tomb - sealed and in perfect conditions - of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Made pharaoh at 9 years
old and died at 19, of Tutankhamun it is still unknown the cause of death,
which is assumed to have occurred after a fall...
Florence is the place where
Leonardo da Vinci, 500 years ago, planned to fly using machines of his own
invention. And it is precisely here that Tomás
Saraceno decided to bring his flying spheres today, "aerosolar"
balloons capable of flying without the use of fossil fuels, but only thanks to...
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,...
Florence also has its own Romeo and Juliet, but they are called Ippolito and Dianora (or Lionora).
The story is told in a novella
of the fifteenth century, Istorietta
amorosa fra Leonora de ’Bardi e Ippolito Buondelmonti, that most attribute
to the pen of Leon Battista Alberti.
It is about...
On the wall of Palazzo Vecchio, behind the statue of Hercules and Cacus
by Baccio Bandinelli, you will notice, if you look closely, the face of a man
engraved in stone.
According to the legend, Michelangelo Buonarroti himself is the author
of this artwork.
Michelangelo was an excellent artist, but...
A golden shield with five red balls, and
a blue one decorated with three golden lilies. You must have seen it everywhere
in Florence, since it is the Medici coat of arms.
The Medici blazon underwent inexplicable changes during
most of the fifteenth century, in particular in regards to the...
