by Penny | 30 May, 2014 | Exhibitions, Festival of San Giovanni, Modern Art, News, Painting
The 3rd Festa della Cultura San Giovanni Battista began today at the SACI Jules Maidoff Gallery in Florence Il Passato e Presente III is an exhibition of contemporary art works by artists living and working in Florence – including Antonio Ciccone, who has...
by Penny | 16 May, 2014 | Festival of San Giovanni, Music, News, Religious History, Renaissance Art, Social History, The Last Supper
Federico Maria Sardelli Is a Florence based Italian conductor, Historicist composer, musicologistand flautist. He is the founder of the baroque orchestra Modo Antiquo and has made more than forty recordings as soloist and conductor, some of them in co-production...
by Penny | 2 May, 2014 | Exhibitions, Festival of San Giovanni, Music, Painting, Renaissance Art, Sculpture
3rd Festa della Cultura – San Giovanni Battista Firenze, Italia Mostra – Convegno – Musica – Visite Spiritualità – Comunità sabato 14 – giovedì 26 giugno 2014 PRESS RELEASE – updated 15 May 2014 The festival is dedicated to...
by Penny | 11 Jan, 2014 | Architecture, Festival of San Giovanni, News, Sculpture, Social History, WW2
I have often mentioned in my Blogs the enormous number of valuable treasures in Florence that are hidden – usually below stairs or in attics around the city – simply because there is not sufficient room in all Florence to display them! Last month however...
by Penny | 28 Oct, 2013 | Australia, Books, Festival of San Giovanni, The Art of Writing, writer's retreat
This certainly seems to be Australia’s year in focus (okay – pace sportsmen!) – at least it has been for me in Florence: I spent 3 weeks sunny side of the earth on holiday at the beginning of the year, which included driving across the centre to...
by Penny | 29 Jul, 2013 | Festival of San Giovanni, Fresco painting, Painting, Religious History, Renaissance Art
St John in the Desert by Domenico Veneziano is one of the most curious paintings of the patron saint of Florence I have ever seen – and sadly it is no longer in Florence but in the National Gallery of Art Washington, DC The image shows the cousin of Christ...
