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For Art & Culture passionates, The Art School Leonardo DA Vinci Blog is a site to explore and read expert articles on Fine & Classic Art, History & Traditions, Exhibitions, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Fashion, and more. We are a school of art and Italian culture in the centre of Florence, Italy.
Art School Leonardo DA Vinci Blog
1y ago
Casa Martelli is one of those places that you'll visit and then ask yourself: "Why have I not been here sooner"? This unique museum was created by one of the most influential families of Florence - the Martelli, bankers that rapidly rose to power, also thanks to their connection with ..read more
Art School Leonardo DA Vinci Blog
1y ago
Saint John's day: all you need to know! On June 24, Florence celebrates Saint John's Day, the patron saint of the city. The choice of St. John the Baptist as patron was made only after the conversion of the city to Christianity, infact initially the patron saint of the city was the god Mars, his statue had been ..read more
Art School Leonardo DA Vinci Blog
2y ago
Girolamo Savonarola: a herethic in Florence Florence is a place full of history and stories, and sometimes, without even realizing it, we find ourselves walking right upon them. This might have happened in Piazza della Signoria, where a large marble plaque set in the paving of the square, right in front of the fountain of Neptune ..read more
Art School Leonardo DA Vinci Blog
2y ago
Recipes of the tradition: Peposo dell'Impruneta Today we offer you a truly delicious and substantial dish of the Tuscan culinary tradition: Peposo dell'Impruneta. This recipe, originally from Impruneta, a village in the hills near Florence, is similar to a stew and takes its name from the copious amount of pepper that is used in its preparation. This ..read more
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2y ago
Erasmus Plus program: a contemporary art experience in Florence Florence is a place rich in history and art that tourists from all over the world come to admire, transforming the city into a meeting place of many different cultures. People travel to here from all over the world not only to see the amazing art masterpieces scattered all over ..read more
Art School Leonardo DA Vinci Blog
2y ago
Masterpieces of Art: the scandalous Titian's Venus The Venus of Urbino, or simply Titian's Venus, is one of the most famous paintings in the history of art, admired as much as discussed, it was a source of inspiration for many artists. Guidobaldo II della Rovere di Urbino, commissioned this painting from the Venetian painter with the intention ..read more
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2y ago
Anj Smith's interior landscapes at the Stefano Bardini Museum “I love the idea that painting, pointless technologically, can still hypnotise and seduce us.” Says artist Anj Smith, a statement that leaves space for reflection, not only about painting, but art itself. Art is created and consumed because human beings crave to express themselves, to look at something beautiful, something ..read more
Art School Leonardo DA Vinci Blog
2y ago
The Chapel of The Magi in Palazzo Medici Riccardi Benozzo Gozzoli (c. 1421 - 1497) was a Florentine painter, a pupil of Lorenzo Ghiberti and Beato Angelico, known mostly for the frescoes in the Magi Chapel in Palazzo Medici Riccardi. It was to him that Cosimo and Piero de 'Medici commissioned the frescoes for the chapel, a work that ..read more
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2y ago
The troubled past of Ponte Vecchio Not much is known about the origins of Ponte Vecchio, one of the most famous bridges in Italy, as well as the oldest bridge in Florence. We only know that at some point, the Romans decided to build a bridge over the narrowest point of the Arno River within the ..read more
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2y ago
Florence welcomes in five of its major museums the works of one of the most important living artists in the world, Jenny Saville. This is a huge exhibition project, curated by Sergio Risaliti, director of the Museo Novecento, the fulcrum of the widespread exhibition. Here we find about 100 works ..read more