I was searching through some photos from field trips that I led for UGA in 2008 in a bout of nostalgia brought on by an upcoming visit from my friends Roy and Terry who were …
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Resources in Art History – technical info, student projects, bloopers, study guides.
A renaissance art historian’s guide to Florence through its history, monuments, and people.
“Fuori Porta” literally means outside the city gates. Anywhere outside Florence!
An art historian’s approach to the monuments of the eternal city.
Art, sea, mountains, islands, shopping, hiking, culture… Tuscany has it all.
This weekend there are a ton of nature-related events going on in Tuscany. I guess they assumed that weather would be good for the third weekend in May, 22-23 2010. Let’s hope it’s true because …
Travel bloggers of the future are being formed thanks to Context Travel’s Foundation for Sustainable Travel and the St. Hope Public Schools, in Sacramento, California, who have just announced the winners of their …
From May 15-22, 2010: Mostra fotografica “i muri”
Walls have always been an unregulated area for communication, visible to all, on which people have written (in florence, sadly, perhaps too much). Now with internet, there are …
The future of traveling is technological, and it’s here in Tuscany. The region of Tuscany has just released an iphone application that uses augmented reality technology. When you point your iphone’s camera at any scene …
The Italian hand gesture is a subject of amusement and confusion for the foreign traveller, both now and in the past. For this reason, there is an old dictionary of hand gestures produced in Naples …
Sorry Blackberry users, but iphones these days are so popular, even the cat has one. If you’re traveling in Italy with your iphone you can take advantage of these three FREE apps to help you …
Ok folks, I’m coming out of the closet. It’s no secret that I work for the social media team of Tuscany, and I’ve been meaning to write about my job here on arttrav ever since …
One of Venice’s most important landmarks, the Bridge of Sighs, has been hijacked by advertising that completely covers the east side of the Palazzo Ducale and its adjacent building, presumably in order to protect and …
The Giorgio Cini Foundation, on the Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, wishes to highlight its significant heritage by putting on an exhibit of the best of its collection of 15th- and 16th-century rare, …
A guest post from my Mom, lucky duck went to New York!
This exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City closes April 18, 2010
A few weeks ago we visited Manhattan. Actually we stayed in …
Arte con te: Five free Sunday day trips in the Pistoiese (Monsummano Terme, Montale, Pescia, Pistoia, and Quarrata) mix contemporary art, villas, gardens, music, and lunches in a pleasant, organized journey by bus. Lunches cost …
There’s a new trend in looking at art, and I approve fully. It’s SLOW ART – like slow food, slow travel… The idea is that if you look at a single work of art for …
When the Bardini Museum reopened last year the most remarkable aspect of the restoration was the return of Stefano Bardini’s blue walls. Bardini, a 19th century art dealer, left his show room and gallery, housed …
It’s the first weekend in August, which means it’s bollino nero because of the esodo, and if you don’t do a partenza intelligente, you’re screwed. Have no idea what I’m talking about? You need an …
A Question of Style: From the 14th of January at the Museum of the Roberto Capucci Foundation at Villa Bardini, an exhibit of 23 dresses by the Italian designer. The exhibition explores the relationship between …
