Mimosa blosson on the International Women’s Day in Italy: la Festa della Donna
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by Paco Neumann
3w ago
PHOTOS & SPANISH VERSION BELOW The 8th of March is the International Women’s Day or, as it’s more commonly called in Italy, la Festa della Donna, where the importance of women is celebrated by the giving and receiving of mimosa blossom. La mimosa en el Día Internacional de la Mujer en Italia: Festa della Donna El 8 de marzo es el Día Internacional de la Mujer o, como se suele llamar en Italia, la Festa della Donna, en la que la importancia de la mujer se celebra entregando o recibiendo esta flor amarilla. La entrada Mimosa blosson on the International Women’s Day in Italy: la Festa della ..read more
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Brands made in Florence #2: Madova Glove Factory, the best gloves in town
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by Paco Neumann
1M ago
PHOTOS & SPANISH VERSION BELOW The Donnini family has been producing high-quality hand made gloves since 1919, although their store opened in 1954. Stablished in via Guiccirdini 1R, next to their factory, both located near the Ponte Vecchio, Madova frequent clients are usually Korean, Japanese, American and Italian. The most notorious tiny glove shop in town is carefully designed, with its numerous shelves and drawers, where the gloves are conscientiously packaged and stored, classified by their shapes, sizes, and colors and available for both, men and women. Gloves made with first-class d ..read more
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Domes of Florence (not only Brunelleschi’s)
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by Paco Neumann
4M ago
PHOTOS & SPANISH VERSION BELOW Filippo Brunelleschi marked a milestone in the history of architecture with the construction of the cupola that crowns the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, a prototype of Renaissance architecture — and key to the development of modern architecture — which also marks the beginning of this celebrated cultural movement in Italy, of which Florence continues to be an undeniable ambassador, in all fields of art, more than five centuries later. Moreover, the capital of Tuscany also treasures other domes worth of mention, such as the Medicean Chap ..read more
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Grande Museo del Duomo in Florence, over 750 artworks covering 7 centuries of history
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by Paco Neumann
4M ago
PHOTOS & SPANISH VERSION BELOW It has taken me five years to discover the Grande Museo del Duomo in Florence. I always thought it was a minor museum, but I was utterly wrong. The way the artworks are displayed in the vast space highlighting its magnificence and the state of conservation of the pieces are truly remarkable. In 1294 the Commune of Florence ordered the construction of a new cathedral dedicated to Santa Maria del Fiore to replace Santa Reparata. The ‘Fabbriceria della Cattedrale di Firenze’ (Florence Cathedral Works) was founded by the Florentine Republic in 1296 to overse ..read more
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Fra Angelico’s frescoes: the treasure of the San Marco Museum
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by Paco Neumann
4M ago
PHOTOS & SPANISH VERSION BELOW This museum occupies an extensive area of the Dominican monastery of San Marco and still retains its original atmosphere. Founded in 1436 and designed by the architect Michelozzo, the monastery played an important role in the religious and cultural life of Florence. The fame of the museum is mainly due to the paintings of Beato Angelico (Blessed angelic one), one of the most representative painters of the Renaissance who embellished with its frescoes various rooms of the building, most remarkably the cells of the monks. A wonder to view also here: Practical i ..read more
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Cappella Brancacci, the Sistine Chapel of Florence
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by Paco Neumann
4M ago
PHOTOS & SPANISH VERSION BELOW Beyond the streets crowded by the omnipresent tourists looking for Florentine gems from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, there are less exploited corners of great historical and artistic richness as the Brancacci Chapel, also known as the «Sistine Chapel of the first Renaissance». The paintings on the walls are among the most popular and influential frescoes at the time. They are distributed in two horizontal levels along the chapel, which is part of the Carmine church and convent, founded in Florence in the mid-thirteenth century by a group of ..read more
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Casa Guidi, poet Elizabeth Barrett´s home in Florence
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by Paco Neumann
4M ago
PHOTOS & SPANISH VERSION BELOW Visiting a house-museum always embraces a closer emotional approach to the artist who lived there than just simply observe the works displayed in the neutral and dehumanized rooms of a museum. Casa Guidi was the Florentine residence of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning for the most part of their married life. Located in the heart of Florence, the apartment has elegant main chambers with an 18th century decoration style and essentially maintains the same furniture that in the Brownings´ age. They resided here for fourteen years, between 1847 and ..read more
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A Florentine flâneur: the art of wandering the streets of Florence
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by Paco Neumann
5M ago
PHOTOS & SPANISH VERSION BELOW The figure of the flâneur is associated with the rise of “urban life” and especially with Paris, one of the first major cities of the industrial era in which appeared the flâneur as the person who wanders through boulevards, shop windows, and passages. This wandering character was conceived by authors Baudelaire and Walter Benjamin, who defined the authentic flâneur as an attentive and wise voyeur, and far from being a frivolous, banal, idle, superficial and clueless passer-by, he is above all a deep observer of the city, a restless traveler with no defi ..read more
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Vertical beauty: towers of Florence
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by Paco Neumann
5M ago
PHOTOS & SPANISH VERSION BELOW The ‘skyscrapers’ of the Middle Ages In the Middle Ages, high constructions became a form of power for the aristocracy. The feudal nobles and their vanity competed among themselves building ‘skyscrapers’ to demonstrate their authority and wealth – as if they were contemporary multinationals companies. Although the Tuscan Manhattan of the Middle Ages is undoubtedly San Gimignano, Florence is not far behind. This city of modest dimensions has currently 70 fortress-houses which could have had a defensive purpose apart from taking advantage of the housing sp ..read more
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Studio Musivo Lastrucci: masters of the Florentine mosaic, the art of «painting with stones»
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by Paco Neumann
6M ago
PHOTOS & SPANISH VERSION BELOW The artistic discipline named “commesso” or Florentine mosaic made with semiprecious stones emerged in Florence in the 16th century. As could be expected, the Medici family was a great promoter of this new artistic manifestation. Using the traditional technique of the Romanesque mosaic, the “commesso” added interspersed gemstones with highly aesthetic results, very similar to those of a real painting. Each mosaic is handmade in the laboratory following the traditional method, which allows to maintain the authenticity of the technique and enhance the natu ..read more
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