Botticelli and its authentic life
Ognisanti a church with a original story, that involved Sandro Botticelli that was making a fresco of Sant. Agostino and a funny inscription.
Category: History
Botticelli’s Stories from the Renaissance Artist
Not many people knows that the famous artist that made Venus and Spring was also a guy tat like to play many joke at its friends, here some records from its life.
Commesso fiorentino old stone technique
Commesso Fiorentino is a highly accomplished artistic style that developed in Florence, Italy during the late Renaissance. It is often referred to as pietra dura or Florentine mosaic. This complex art style includes piecing together finely cut semi-precious stone fragments to create complicated pictures.
Jiudit and Holofernes by Cristofano Allori
Through the lessons of Artemisia Gentileschi, who painted two violent renditions of Judith for Cosimo II at the same era while working for the Medici family, Cristofano recognizes his influence from Caravaggio in this piece.
singular story of Rucellai ‘s Lodge
There is a really special lodge called Rucellai Lodge in Vigna Nuova. Constructed by Renaissance architect Leon Battista Alberti, it has served as a mail office, a café bar, and an art studio until the present.
Curious History Brunelleschi’s Round
The Round of Brunelleschi is a distinctive structure located in Florence's center. Designed by renowned architect Brunelleschi, it took a long time to finish.
Girolamo Segato and its secret technique
Segato's most well-known research was done in Florence, where he carried out studies that gave him the ability to preserve human tissues in a way that gave the impression that they had been transformed into stone.
Giuseppe Verdi street and its history
Giuseppe Verdi Street close to Santa Croce Basilica and square has a very long story in the origin its name was via del Fosso from medieval age, until our time...
Piaza dei Peruzzi origin and history
The remnants of Florence’s Roman amphitheater, constructed in the second century AD, may be seen between Piazza dei Peruzzi, via dei Bentaccordi, […]
The origin of Gelato Cone
History of cone and its inventor that at the end of 18th century had a marvelous idea to eat gelato on the street.