On a whim, I accepted an invitation posted to the members of De Gustibus, a local enogastronomical society, for a “ski weekend” in the Dolomite mountains near Bressanone/ Brixen, in a small town called St. …
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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.
Featured region! art, sea, mountains, islands, shopping, hiking, culture… Tuscany has it all.
Charlene Thompson lives in New Brunswick, Canada. She loves Florence, so wins a copy of Jane Fortune’s book To Florence con Amore donated by The Florentine.
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When I was a child, we would sing in church …
I took this photo standing in the middle of the road, on the yellow and white line across from the column of Saint Zanobius, who until today could not have protected me from being run …
When was the last time you saw Piazza Duomo in Florence without the 2000 busses per day that pass by it? Perhaps you remember that in the 60s and 70s, cars could park right up …
The Festival della Creativita 2009 in Florence Oct 15-18 was a blast. I had the opportunity to work there as part of the “social media team” that reported through text, photo, and video on the …
October 31st 2009 is not Halloween in Siena, but it is Urban Trekking day. How’s that for weird. There will be hiking around the streets of Siena on the theme of “The joy of trekking: …
Raphael’s “Woman with Unicorn” is one of 48 works from Rome’s Borghese Gallery on their way to Japan, where they will stay 6 months at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto and the Metropolitan Musem of Tokyo …
This winning entry in the Modern Rome category was a pleasant surprise. Talk about off the beaten path - here’s a place in Rome to which I’ve never been!
Roberta Sandler is the author of “A Brief …
If you love chocolate (and who doesn’t?), don’t miss Eurochocolate 2009 in Perugia - a city in italy probably most famous for producing the Baci Perugina and for having a chocolate school.
Leonardo from Agriturismo Toscana Villa Centopino suggests visiting Montecastelli Pisano, a tiny medieval borgo and real “slow Tuscany” find (near Siena). Arttrav thanks Leonardo for allowing us to take some of the information from his …
Florence is the Next Florence - again! (still)
The folks at The Florentine English newspaper asked me to reduce my summary of Giuliano da Empoli’s document to 1000 words (and to remove the personal commentary ) …
Rome: Musei Capitolini. From Oct 6 2009 to Feb 7 2010, an exhibit of over 100 drawings highlights Michelangelo’s architectural contribution to the Eternal City. During his two periods of residence in Rome (1505 to …
This weekend I went to the show “Lo Stile delle Zar” - the fashion of the Tsars, on the relationship between art and fashion and between Russia and Italy from the 15th to 18th centuries. …
Michelangelo: Anatomy as Architecture consists of drawings, archival pages, and engravings on loan from the finest collection of Michelangelo drawings and the ancestral home, the Casa Buonarroti in Florence, Italy. The exhibition explores new …
Guest post by Robert of Neon Poisoning, who is looking for weird things to see in Florence.
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 …
