by DHales | Feb 20, 2014 | art, culture, Food and Drink, history, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475–1564) left an indelible artistic and architectural signature on Florence and Rome. His genius exploded in youth and blazed into robust old age. Through almost a century of tumults—uprisings, assassinations, civil wars, sieges,...
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...
