Trademarks from the Medieval Period on display across Florence

Trademarks from the Medieval Period on display across Florence

by | 17 Jul, 2018 | Architecture, Florentine History, Florentine money, Footnotes from Florence, Guilds & Livery Companies, Medieval History, Medieval Money, News, Saints, Sculpture, Social History, The Medici, Tours

Guild Trademarks from the Medieval Period on display across the City of Florence “Footnotes from Florence” – a personal collection of curious connections between the UK and Florence. I had the great pleasure recently of sharing a visit to Florence...
Updated Chronology of Last Suppers

Updated Chronology of Last Suppers

by | 18 May, 2018 | Advancing Women Artists AWA, Florentine History, Florentine money, Footnotes from Florence, Fresco painting, Medieval History, Modern Art, News, Painting, Religious History, Religious Symbolism, Renaissance Art, Restoration, Saints, Sculpture, Social History, The Last Supper, Women artists

Chronology of Last Suppers   This month I have attended a meeting with my friends from the Advancing Women Artists Foundation and discovered that there are two or three Disciples in The Last Supper by Plautilla Nelli that they were still uncertain as to who was who. I...
The Marble Mines of Carrara – quite an experience and only a couple of hours away from Florence.

The Marble Mines of Carrara – quite an experience and only a couple of hours away from Florence.

by | 28 Feb, 2018 | Florentine History, Marble mines, Medieval History, Michelangelo, News, Renaissance Art, Sculpture, Social History, Tours

The Marble Mines of Carrara – Visiting this special place is quite an experience and these beautiful mountains with their white treasure, exposed for all to see, even from the railway line way below them, are available to visit only a couple of hours away from...
Emilio Santarelli, who sculpted Michelangelo and grew a garden full of camelias

Emilio Santarelli, who sculpted Michelangelo and grew a garden full of camelias

by | 9 Apr, 2017 | Florentine History, Florentine money, Garden tours, Italy and the American Imagination, Michelangelo, News, poets and poetry, Renaissance Art, Sculpture, Social History, Tuscan gardens, WW1

Emilio Santarelli,(1801–1886) was the Florentine artist who sculpted the vigorous and sympathetic sculpture of Michelangelo Buonarotti for one of the most prominent niches in the Uffizi.  He was an important Florentine artist,...