What Italians do with newspapers (other than read them)
September 7, 2010 – 3:44 pm | View Comments

Italians read fewer newspapers than most of their Western European counterparts – only 5 million Italians (out of 60M) regularly read books or newspapers – resulting in an always-amusing range of marketing tactics in order …

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Piero Pilgrimage
November 29, 2008 – 10:28 am | View Comments
Piero Pilgrimage

The Piero della Francesca Pilgrimage
I’m listing the Piero Pilgrimage under Tuscany, but really it just starts there – in the end you cross the entire country, spend some time in the Marches and finish on …

Ospedale degli Innocenti: a social history
August 10, 2008 – 5:52 pm | View Comments
Ospedale degli Innocenti: a social history

Brunelleschi’s building in Piazza S.S. Annunziata is easily recognized by its majestic portico, a series of round arches punctuated by roundels of swaddled babes by the Della Robbia family. But many visitors to and even …

San Marco Convent (museum of)
August 10, 2008 – 9:59 am | View Comments
San Marco Convent (museum of)

The Dominican Observant convent of San Marco was built starting 1436 and frescoed almost in its entirety by Fra Angelico from 1440-50 (approx.). It is a marvel of the effective use of painting in functional, …

Podcast: Convent of San Marco in Florence
September 10, 2007 – 10:02 am | View Comments

The following is a free podcast that leads you through the conventual spaces of San Marco in Florence, with paintings by Fra Angelico (1450s-60).
 

Uffizi guide podcast: International Gothic (3)
August 14, 2007 – 12:00 pm | View Comments
Uffizi guide podcast: International Gothic (3)

This series of free podcasts about the UFFIZI gallery in Florence was designed with young viewers in mind, but should be handy for adults too. This is the third part with a presentation of the …

Uffizi guide podcast: Giotto room (2)
August 7, 2007 – 11:45 am | View Comments
Uffizi guide podcast: Giotto room (2)

This series of free podcasts about the UFFIZI gallery in Florence was designed with young viewers in mind, but should be handy for adults too. This is the Second Part with a discussion of the …

Uffizi guide podcast: Introduction
August 1, 2007 – 11:21 am | View Comments

This series of free podcasts about the UFFIZI gallery in Florence was designed with young viewers in mind, but should be handy for adults too. This is the First Part with an introduction to the …

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