We are in the National Museum housed in the monumental section of the medieval Dominican friary dedicated to St Mark, situated on the present-day Piazza San Marco, in Florence. The fresco painted by Fra’ Angelico measures 550×950 cm and is located in the upper part of the North wall, inside a large lunette. Giovanni Matteo […]
Read moreFlorence, Palatine Gallery of Pitti Palace, Room of Ulysses. Here, Olivera Stojovic, expert in Florentine Art, introduces to us a youthful work by Filippino Lippi: The Story of Lucretia. The painting shows the death of Lucretia, and was combined with another panel – also by Lippi – representing the story of another Roman heroine, Virginia […]
Read moreFlorence, Palatine Gallery of Palazzo Pitti, the museum with the world’s highest number of canvases and panels by Raffaello Sanzio from Urbino, usually known as Raphael. Here, Olivera Stojovic, expert in Florentine Art, introduces to us one of the Raphael’s masterpieces: the wonderful Madonna of the Grand Duke. Raphael and his stay in Florence This […]
Read moreNaples, Capodimonte National Museum. The art historian Claudio Sagliocco guides us through this beautiful museum to discover a masterpiece by Caravaggio, realized during his Neapolitan stay: Flagellation of Christ. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – better known simply as Caravaggio – was active in Rome for most of his artistic life, but after being sentenced to […]
Read moreWe are in the Palatine Gallery of Palazzo Pitti in Florence, where Oliviera Stojovic introduces to us one of Titian’s masterpieces: the Portrait of Pietro Aretino. The painting is the demonstration of one of the most famous partnerships between a man of letters and a painter: the commissioner, Pietro Aretino, one of the most acute […]
Read moreFlorence, Uffizi Gallery. Here we meet Bernardo Randelli, expert in Florentine Art, who guides us to discover one of the most beautiful and revolutionary paintings by Michelangiolo Buonarroti: Doni Tondo. Michelangelo’s Doni Tondo We are in the middle of the Renaissance, incredibly flourishing epoch for art and culture. In this period of maximum splendor […]
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