PLACES / THE MAGNIFICENT SQUARE OF LODI (ITALY), HEART OF A MEDIEVAL CITY FOUNDED BY FREDERICK BARBAROSSA IN 1158

Piazza della Vittoria in Lodi (not so far from Milan) is one of the most beautiful squares in Italy. It is the heart of the city, a central point from which the eye can sweep over the four sides of a place that celebrates art, civic sense, religiosity and history. It is one of the… Read More PLACES / THE MAGNIFICENT SQUARE OF LODI (ITALY), HEART OF A MEDIEVAL CITY FOUNDED BY FREDERICK BARBAROSSA IN 1158

FLORENCE: GREAT EXHIBITION OF THE MASTERPIECES RECENTLY ACQUIRED BY THE ACCADEMIA GALLERY

Cecilie Hollberg, director of the Accademia Gallery in Florence, is pleased to inaugurate the rich program of events organized by the Museum in 2019 with the 2016-2018 New Acquisitions exhibition. The exhibition, which can be viewed from January 22nd to May 5th 2019, presents some masterpieces that have merged into the Museum’s permanent collections thanks… Read More FLORENCE: GREAT EXHIBITION OF THE MASTERPIECES RECENTLY ACQUIRED BY THE ACCADEMIA GALLERY

FLORENCE, ART AS AN EXPERIENCE OF GEOMETRY (#1) / IMAGES FROM THE BEAUTIFUL FAÇADE OF S.MARIA NOVELLA

© Photos: ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI * The Church of Santa Maria Novella is one of the most important Gothic churches in Tuscany. The exterior is the work of Fra Jacopo Talenti and Leon Battista Alberti. The interior holds extraordinary works of art including Masaccio’s Trinità, Ghirlandaio’s fresco cycle in the Tornabuoni Chapel and Giotto’s Crucifix, among… Read More FLORENCE, ART AS AN EXPERIENCE OF GEOMETRY (#1) / IMAGES FROM THE BEAUTIFUL FAÇADE OF S.MARIA NOVELLA