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.
The contest ended Sept 27th with a few good entries sent in just under the line. We got essays from four countries and contributions in all categories except “Art… that Travels!”. I guess that one …
This weekend Prato is host to an economics conference (Economia3) and numerous related events. Before you say “economics??” let me tell you that there will be a lot of really interesting “artistic” things to do around …
This is a guest post by Lillie from Wandering Educators. She is seven years old and I was so impressed by her book reviews that I asked her for an interview.
This photo shows Lillie in her kayak.
Finally some good news to balance out yesterday’s bad news about the Uffizi. The museum at the top of Orsanmichele - that contains the restored original statues from the outside of this building - is …
I just got my amici degli uffizi members newsletter and read that the Tribuna will be closing for restoration. I confirmed this information from the Uffizi press office.
The Tribune is the nucleus of the Uffizi …
Friends of mine put me in touch with this talented young artist whose work is featured right now in the famous piazza dell’ampiteatro in Lucca at Cartasia 2010. Thus I had the privilege of asking …
Pat Byrne of Kids Europe’s Italy Discovery Journal is not a guidebook to Florence, Rome, and Venice. It’s an activity book dedicated to children traveling in all of Italy (with some focus on the major …
The constant question “what’s the best gelateria in Florence” has a new entry- Le Parigine on via dei’ Servi.
On a touristy street a stone’s throw from the Duomo is this recently opened retro-styled artisanal ice …
Art historians are able to do more and more research from home with the availability of many articles on JSTOR and many books at least in part on Google Books and even on Amazon.com’s “search …
Here’s a funny sign in piazza Strozzi, on corner of building right above the used book vendor cart. It’s dated 1762.
Here is the Italian transcription - English translation below:
Gl’Ill.mi SS. Capitani di Parte della Citta’ …
Image borrowed from Princeton University Library: “double portrait of Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius” 1636
For anyone planning a trip to Tuscany this Fall, there are a lot of interesting events going on… I know of some …
I was in piazza Strozzi in Florence last night and saw this new public sculpture (at least, I guess that’s what it is intended to be) with no sign. Apparently, we are to guess… “what …
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 …
