"Dining at one of the many Florentine trattorias is the best way to dive into a timeless local social experience," says ...
Un libro de la nueva editorial Rosita y Amparo vuelve a la Florencia del siglo XV, al mundo de la bella Simonetta (ese es su ...
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The queen who poisoned her rivals with perfume
Catherine de' Medici arrived in France in 1533 as a 14-year-old bride, bringing with her an entourage that included chefs, artists, and a personal perfumer named Renato Bianco. The Italian noblewoman ...
Some of history’s most famous paintings contain hidden secrets, meanings and symbolism. We reveal the painting secrets here.
Girolamo Savonarola by Fra Bartolomeo, c. 1498, Museo di San Marco, Florence From Savonarola to Today Fintan Steele, a former ...
The expression is, ‘handed to you on a silver plate’; but a recent breakthrough came to me on a painted ceramic one.
Hay una historia de dinero, poder y ambición cultural que transformó una ciudad caótica en el gran escaparate del ...
Un día como hoy opero de 1497, el fraile Girolamo Savonarola encabezó una turba que prendió fuego obras y objetos: el momento ...
'1984', la famosa novela tantas veces citada aunque no leída, parece un manual de instrucciones que hoy siguen prácticamente todos los gobiernos, de cualquier signo.
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Giorgia Meloni’s face on a church mural is offensive – but not for the reason the Vatican thinks
When the likeness of the populist leader as an angel was painted into a cheesy tribute to Italy’s last king, it caused outrage. But far better artists have been similarly profane for centuries ...
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