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Niall Atkinson, "The Republic of Sound: Listening to Florence at the Threshold of the Renaissance," I Tatti Studies in the Italian Renaissance, Vol. 16, No. 1/2 (Fall 2013), 57-84, has been awarded the I Tatti Prize for Best Essay by a Junior Scholar. This annual prize is awarded to a junior scholar for the best scholarly article on an Italian Rena...

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Rodolfo Marma nacque a Firenze nel 1923. Era di estrazione popolare. La sua vocazione artistica ebbe luogo in una città nella quale le attività artigianali prolungavano nel tempo una civiltà antica, senza fronzoli, abituata a dare un peso ed un valore alla bellezza.   Studiò all'Accademia di Belle Arti, dove ebbe come maestri Ugo Capocchini...

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by Mauro Battocchi   The creative thrust of the art community in San Francisco now includes printmaking, printmaking and book art from Florence, the capital of Italy's artisan paper makers and printers.   Learn more about the Academy of Art University's new program in Florence Italy in this excellent short film, crafted by Ian Nelson...

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A one hour, docent led, private group tour at the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) in Manhattan will highlight 23 masterpieces of Early Florentine Renaissance sculpture from 1400-1450. The majority of these works have never been exhibited outside of Italy.   All of the sculptures were made for one specific project, Santa Maria del Fiore, bette...

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When you think of Florence, Italy your firsts thoughts aren't of high tech devices, men in space and the Internet but that could change over the next few years. This beautiful Tuscany city, the birthplace of the Renaissance is now moving into the technology age. The Web Technology Academy is opening in the city center near the statue of David and...

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Un'altra preziosa opera del Rinascimento italiano i "pannelli della Cantoria del Duomo di Santa Maria Novella in Firenze" realizzati dallo sculture e ceramista Luca della Robbia arrivano negli Stati Uniti a Atlanta per essere ammirati all 'High Museum of Art.   L'iniziativa ""Make A Joyful Noise": (al 25 ottobre 2014 al 11 Gennaio 2015. ) "...

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Contemporary artist Bill Viola has donated his video work, "Self Portrait, Submerged," created earlier this year, to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. The donation was made possible through the joint efforts of Friends of the Uffizi Gallery, based in Palm Beach, Florida, and their sister organization in Florence, Amici degli Uffizi.   V...

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New York, London, Milan, and Paris. These are the world's four fashion capitals, where trends are debuted and created.   Nevertheless, it is interesting to see how local fashion weeks around the world are gaining more attention and becoming centers of attraction on their own. However, among all the rising destinations, there is one city that...

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The splendid Vasari Corridor in Florence is now adorned with 127, 20th-Century self-portraits of artists both Italian and international. The works, deriving from the storage rooms of the Uffizi Gallery, are located inside the final stretch of the historic Corridor (near the exit leading to the Boboli Gardens). Never before made public, these creat...

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Titola "Sculpture in the Age of Donatello. Renaissance Masterpieces from Florence Cathedral" la mostra che sarà inaugurata il 20 febbraio al MOBIA - Museum of Biblical Art di New York. Ventitre capolavori dei primi anni della scultura del Rinascimento fiorentino, la maggior parte dei quali mai visti al fuori dell'Italia, saranno in mostra al MOBIA...

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