A lost painting attributable to Leonardo da Vinci seized in Switzerland is a portrait of Mantua Marchesa Isabella d’Este, one of the leading patrons of the Italian Renaissance.
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Category: Arts
Pope Francis: Dante is a Bedrock of Italian Culture
Italy cannot deny that Dante Alighieri is fundamental to its national identity, Pope Francis said on Thursday February 5, 2015.
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Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World
Starting 14 March 2015 Palazzo Strozzi in Florence will be hosting a major exhibition showcasing some of the ancient world’s most important masterpieces of sculpture with exhibits from leading Italian and international museums.
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An online drawings exhibit at the Uffizi Gallery
Amico reconsidered exposition, drawings by Amico Aspertini and other Bolognese artists is still open until February 2, 2015. The original works can be admired at the Department of Prints and Drawings of Uffizi Gallery in Florence but the exposition is online too.
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A new, stronger plinth for Michelangelo’s David
The Italian government has announced it will spend about $ 300,000 on a new, stronger plinth for Michelangelo’s David because of a recent series of tremors in the Tuscan Region, the BBC reported some days ago.
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Uffizi, Bargello, Accademia opening for Holidays
New opening times during the Holidays in the most visited galleries and museums in Florence, Italy: Bargello, Uffizi and Accademia.
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The Rise of the Towers in the city of Florence
It is the year 542 AD: the small Byzantine city of Florentia lies in ruins. It is the beginning of The Lost Tower of Florence eBook by Chris Dobson which describes how those now-vanished towers came to be built.
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The very hidden fame of the Florence towers
The Lost Towers of Florence by Chris Dobson is now available as second edition eBook. It describes the Florentine now-vanished towers: how they came to be built, why they have almost entirely disappeared, and where you can still get an impression of what these incredible buildings were like, if you know where to look.
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Behind the Fig Leaf, Symposium in Florence (Video)
The symposium Behind the Fig Leaf – Erotic Visual Culture in Renaissance Italy will take place Thursday, December 4, 2014, 4 pm, Room 13, Villa Rossa, at the SUF – Syracuse University in Florence.
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Travels to the East at Casa Martelli, Florence
Travels to the East is the iconic exhibition at Casa Martelli, via Zannetti 8, 50122 Florence, Italy in collaboration with Musée national et domaine du château de Pau (last day January 30, 2015).
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