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Festive events in Florence 2024 | The Florentine
Dec 3, 2024 · Videomapping on Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Vecchio and San Paolino gathers gazers to share in the Christmas spirit. Lights spread the cheer all over the main squares and monuments of the city, with decorated trees adding to the joy. There’s a wide range of activities organized both in the centre and suburbs, above all aimed at families, and even Santa Claus and his elves show up to enjoy festive ...
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael at the Royal Academy of Arts in …
Nov 13, 2024 · The exhibition opens with Michelangelo’s only marble sculpture in the UK, his celebrated Taddei Tondo, c. 1504-05 (Royal Academy of Arts, London), which is shown alongside related preparatory drawings.The Taddei Tondo was created in a defining moment of the Italian Renaissance:the febrile atmosphere of Republican Florence, when Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael brieflycrossed paths ...
December at Teatro Niccolini | The Florentine
Nov 26, 2024 · Just before that, on December 6 and 7, I will bring one of my own characters to life at il Niccolini in English with Italian supertitles. Bringing my newest creation Rachmaninoff and the Tsar to the stage in Florence for its European premiere is meaningful since I have already given premieres in Los Angeles, San Diego and Houston and, in the new year, I will continue with San Francisco, Orange ...
The Italian Risorgimento: A timeline | The Florentine
Mar 10, 2011 · The process of Italian unification was the result of nearly 60 years of events, daring action and revolutionary ideas. Here is a timeline of the key moments leading to and sealing Italy’s unification.
I'Tuscani steakhouse: the art of the bistecca | The Florentine
Nov 24, 2024 · Formed in Florence by Alberto Florindo, Enrico Burberi and Barbara Fagioli, the passion for all things Tuscan is fostered in an ambience that attracts both locals and international diners, uniting all those who seek a high-quality food and wine experience.Certain additions to the menu appease those less-accustomed to the likes of lampredotto, with more unsightly meats masked in a bignè ...
Keeping time: The Baroni Clock | The Florentine
5 days ago · An early project from 1933 shows the outside of the fabbricato viaggiatori with a regular analog clock. The 25-year-old Nello Baroni, the member of Gruppo Toscano most interested in design and engineering, is credited with the clock that actually ended up there, inspired by recent revolutions in watchmaking, such as Josef Pallweber’s 1883 jump-hour pocket watch, which told the time through ...
Best events in Florence this month | The Florentine
Controcanto. Works by Daniela De Lorenzo (1959) go on show in dialogue with pieces by 19th century sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini, inaugurated on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and as part of the L’Eredità delle Donne festival.
Feathers from Florence: Mazzanti Piume | The Florentine
Nov 26, 2024 · Downstairs, two employees are busy lining turkey and ostrich feathers into a wooden plank pronged with combs to keep the plumes magnetically secure before sewing three lengths together with a sturdy cord to make a four metre-long boa. A tug at the unfinished accessory reveals the strength of the central rachis. The device was invented by Duccio’s grandfather, who moved the business from its ...
Celebrating internationalism at the International School of …
Nov 26, 2024 · Another international exchange involved a drawing workshop with visiting ACS Cobham, an international school in England, following a Global Art Teachers’ Exchange.This is an international conference started in London in 2019 that provides dynamic and relevant professional development to Visual Arts teachers.