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Botero in Pietrasanta, Tuscany

Pietrasanta, the Versilia fashionable artistic town celebrates the eightieth birthday of Ferdinando Botero, the Columbian artist famous for his  oversized bronze sculptures with an amazing exhibition in  Piazza  Duomo and  in the nearby church and cloister of Saint Augustine. Pietrasanta … Continua a leggere

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The Renaissance Tour in Val di Chiana, Arezzo

The Little Big Museums’ project,  presided by Antonio Paolini,  director of the  Musei Vaticani, Rome,  on its 8th year  has set up a series of initiatives,  called the Renaissance Tour,  promoting the territory in and around Arezzo. Here on the … Continua a leggere

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Gazing up inside the courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi

The courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi  has lately lost its function of passageway. It has become a  vital spot for cultural events taking place all the year round, thanks to the Strozzina Foundation. A new challenging trend  to define  its  role, … Continua a leggere

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In Florence, a twenty first century passage back to Renaissance

A door from the old  to the contemporary and viceversa. It is not a  metaphor. In San Pancrazio Square, Florence,  the homonymous deconsecrated church hides a Renaissance jewel, unjustly unknown to most people, a chapel by Leon Battista Alberti, commissioned … Continua a leggere

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Filippino Lippi comes back home

Next Sunday,  February the 12th 2012,  the altar-piece Nerli  by Filippino Lippi will be welcomed home by Florentines. It is back to its original spot,  the Santo Spirito  Church. The painting, which has been there for five hundred years,  was … Continua a leggere

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