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My wife says that I am a genetically engineered workaholic. From observing my busy siblings, I would have to agree! So when she devised a two-week trip to Europe this June to celebrate our recent 30th wedding anniversary, I was plagued with thoughts of "work withdrawal syndrome" (my own diagnosis!).   This is characterized by the consta...

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What traveler hasn't daydreamed of selling one's possessions and returning to live in the foreign country where one feels alive and full of joy? But how many people actually do it?   Salt Lake City native Lisa Condie did and is creating a new life in Florence, Italy, where she and another Salt Lake City native are building a tour compan...

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L'edizione 87 di Pitti Immagine Uomo (Firenze, 13-16 gennaio 2015) si è conclusa con numeri da record, confermando le ottime aspettative comunicate nei giorni della manifestazione: 24.000 compratori (+15% rispetto alla precedente edizione invernale) per un totale di 8.660 buyer stranieri (+11%) e oltre 15.300 italiani (+17%) e oltre 35.000 visitato...

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di Riccardo Chioni   A conclusione della tre giorni newyorkese il sindaco di Firenze Dario Nardella è tornato nella capitale toscana soddisfatto per i risultati raccolti durante i suoi incontri con gli interlocutori americani in campo economico e culturale.Dopo quello a City Hall con il sindaco Bill de Blasio che per l'occasione ha sfoderato...

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October 21 (Wednesday) 11:15 am. Lecture: "The Artistic Gems of the Uffizi Gallery". Speaker: Cherise Gordon. Discover the artistic gems housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. We will decode the symbolism in works such as Botticelli's "Primavera" making the work much more understandable. An artistic cultural voyage of one of the oldest...

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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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