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...
After
two years of restorations carried out by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence, we can return to admire the
Terrace of Geographic Maps of the Uffizi, a place rich in history
from which visitors can enjoy a beautiful view of the city.
Giorgio Vasari had designed this
space...
A
Christmas tradition that has Italian roots is that of the Nativity scene,
"Presepe" in Italian, a
display of objects and figures representing the birth of Jesus. The term “presepe” derives from the Latin “praesaepe”, meaning manger, trough, or
an enclosed area for sheep and goats.
The
baby Jesus, Mary...
The Medici Chapels of Florence are one of the most famous and
fascinating complexes in the city. Built by Michelangelo and Buontalenti
between the 16th and 17th centuries, the chapels are the mausoleum of the Medici family and
include the Chapel of the Princes
and the New Sacristy (so called...
The Medici Chapels complex is part of the Basilica of San Lorenzo and includes the New Sacristy designed by Michelangelo in 1519, and the grandiose Chapel of the Princes built in the seventeenth century.
Hard to decide which space is the most beautiful, the first emblem of formal purity, the...
Along the old provincial
road to Siena, at the top of the San Gaggio hill, there is a beautiful
residential area, a network of narrow streets that lead to villas in the
countryside. All very elegant but one is different from the others: Villa Bayon. Commissioned in 1963 by
the...
Everyone knows Gian Lorenzo Bernini as the greatest
exponent of Baroque sculpture,
author of works of incredible beauty. Certainly a man of great passion, an
emotion that he skilfully transmitted through his art. But few know about his darker side,
and how this great passion of his led him to...
From the Cure underpass,
we see another work that we could call Stay Tuned! A snake-king with a crown
suddenly emerges from the wall and throws himself at an apparently unsuspecting
mouse.
The burning eyes are the
signature of the author, Ninjaz, very active in Florence, part of the...
