by DHales | Jul 1, 2013 | art, culture, history, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
La Primavera del Rinascimento The Springtime of the Renaissance If you’re in Florence this summer or Paris this fall, don’t miss a spectacular exhibit on La Primavera del Rinascimento, "The Springtime of the Renaissance: Sculpture and the Arts in...
by DHales | Oct 27, 2011 | art, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Denaro e Bellezza Money and Beauty “Do you know the most beautiful thing Florence ever created?” a historian asked during my recent stay. As I began to list the obvious candidates, he interrupted. “No,” he said firmly. “Il fiorino.” The city first coined “Messer...
by DHales | Apr 27, 2011 | art, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Angry Young Men Giovani e Arrabbiati Visitors don’t usually come to Florence, jewel of the Renaissance, in search of modern art. But an exhibit called “Giovani e Arrabbiati: La Nascita della Modernità” (Angry Young Men: The Birth of Modernity), at the Palazzo...
by DHales | Jun 14, 2010 | Books, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
La Bella Lingua at La Dante The American expression, “You can’t go home again,” puzzles my Italian friends. “Perchè no?” they ask. La casa è sempre casa; la famiglia sempre famiglia. (Home is always home; family always family). Last week in...
