by Penny | 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,...
by Penny | 24 Aug, 2016 | French Odyssey by Bicycle, Social History, WW1
Wednesday, August 24th – Day Eight – Montagui to Saint Hermine Highest point today is 99 metres – less than yesterday but older muscles are beginning to cry out for mercy -and I swear his legs are already changing shape! No quarter is being...
