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14
Nov
2009
A Visit To Montone, Umbria

11 days ago by tuscanyumbriavilla

Montone – A Medieval Hill Town In Umbria While our friends were visiting us we went for a quick look around Montone, a beautiful Umbrian hill town close to where we live on the Tuscany Umbria border. Montone has a wonderful autumn festa celebrating woodland products such as chestnuts, honey and fung ...

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10
Nov
2009
British Museum – Leonardo da Vinci Coming Soon

15 days ago by Franspiegel

The British Museum has plenty of new shows planned for 2010. Here are just some of them. British Museum - Leonardo da Vinci Coming Soon The shows will feature work by Italian Renaissance artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Fra Angelico. Also on display will be West African Art from the Kingdom of ...

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09
Nov
2009
finally, an artist that is cool.

16 days ago by swtctwshan

I’ll be honest – I hate art. Most of it makes zero sense to me and I believe that it makes zero sense to everyone…they just want to be pseudo-intellectual by saying how “deep” and “meaningful” the art is. Really, the artist responsible is laughing at how gullible regular people are. Yes, laughing at ...

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02
Nov
2009
Lunch At Del Carmine Trattoria, Florence, Tuscany

23 days ago by tuscanyumbriavilla

Del Carmine, Florence, Tuscany After visiting Masaccio’s Frescoes In The Brancacci Chapel on our Visit To Florence, Tuscany last week, we wandered over the piazza and had lunch in the del Carmine trattoria. Despite being late October, it was still warm enough to eat outside so we sat at a table on t ...

About Tuscany & Umbria - tuscanyumbriavilla.wordpress.com · 5 references

01
Nov
2009
Masaccio’s Frescoes, Brancacci Chapel, Florence, Tuscany

24 days ago by tuscanyumbriavilla

Masaccio, Cappella Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine On our Visit To Florence, Tuscany last week we visited frescoes by Masaccio in the Brancacci Chapel in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine. Masaccio (Big Tom) has left two great works of art in Florence, the Holy Trinity in the church of Santa ...

About Tuscany & Umbria - tuscanyumbriavilla.wordpress.com · 5 references

31
Oct
2009
A Visit To Florence, Tuscany

25 days ago by tuscanyumbriavilla

Florence, Tuscany We have friends staying and yesterday we took them to Florence, the capital of Tuscany and centre of the Renaissance. There are so many things to see in Florence that unless you spend a few days there, it’s best to choose one or two museums or churches and combine it with a walk ar ...

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23
Oct
2009
Fat City

33 days ago by Richard Lacayo

This weekend CBS News Sunday Morning, with Charles Osgood, will have a special edition focusing on the problem of obesity in America. That's not the kind of news that ordinarily makes it into an art blog, but part of the show will be a segment on how the human body has been represented [...]

Looking Around - TIME.com - lookingaround.blogs.time.com · 82 references

20
Oct
2009
New Research Guides

36 days ago by Lisa Laughy

Lisa Laughy – Library Web Services Three new research guides are now available through the Ohrstrom blog – just in time to help with current research projects. Ms. Sanborn has put together research guides for Middle Eastern Voices, the Humanities V Renaissance Artists research project, and the Latin ...

Ohrstrom Blog - ohrstromblog.com

14
Oct
2009
Meet “La Bella Principessa,” da Vinci’s Lost Painting

42 days ago by Ron Hogan

Imagine walking into a gallery in New York City and buying a painting. An obscure work, thought to be 19th Century German. It’s a well-made portrait, but nothing special. Then, after careful analysis and the lucky uncovering of a fingerprint, the truth is uncovered: for $19,000 you could have bought ...

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11
Oct
2009
Antique Brass Figural “putti”-”cherub” Lamp-1700’s : $40.00

45 days ago by Jen

Click Here for More Pictures on eBay! Femmejolie313 store ANTIQUE BRASS FIGURAL “PUTTI”-”CHERUB” LAMP-1700’s Up for your bidding consideration-An antique brass lamp, with Cherubs or Putti (Putti – images of winged babies or cherubs – in Renaissance art.) There 6 in all, 3 [...] Related posts: 8 Anti ...

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