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...
Not
much is known about the origins of Ponte
Vecchio, one of the most famous bridges in Italy, as well as the oldest
bridge in Florence.
We
only know that at some point, the Romans
decided to build a bridge over the narrowest point of the Arno River within the...
Benozzo Gozzoli (c.
1421 - 1497) was a Florentine painter, a pupil of Lorenzo Ghiberti and Beato
Angelico, known mostly for the frescoes in the Magi Chapel in Palazzo Medici Riccardi.
It
was to him that Cosimo and Piero de
'Medici commissioned the frescoes for the chapel, a work that...
Villa Bardini
reopens after two years, with the exhibition entitled Galileo Chini and European Symbolism. The exhibition, dedicated to
the greatest Italian interpreter of Liberty
modernism and one of the major exponents of Symbolism at European level, focuses on the artist's first twenty
years of career, which made him famous...
Nothing
divides Italians more than the choice between Panettone and Pandoro,
the Christmas cakes par excellence.
Between
the two, Panettone is certainly the
one with the most ancient origins. In fact, we’re talking of a recipe that has
its roots in a tradition dating back to the times of the...
