Archive for 'Important People'

  

Friday, October 25, 2013
Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus'
What Tuscan holiday would be complete without an exciting tour around some of the world’s most famous art and sculptures, many of which are located in the Renaissance city of Florence and nearby towns.

Visitors come in their thousands to admire original masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli and others, all beautifully displayed in art galleries and churches in Tuscany.



Tourists wishing to base their vacation stay close to this artistic trail will find many splendid apartments and luxury villa rentals near Florence city, famously cited as the ‘Cradle of the Arts’.

This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about the men who changed the cultural world with their innovative methods of painting, scientific discoveries, architecture, literature and much more!     Read More
Posted in: History, Important People, Museums & Galleries, Renaissance, Tourist Attractions

  

Friday, January 28, 2011
giotto
"Giotto" (1266/7 – January 8, 1337), is really one of the most famous Italian painters in the whole history. He was not just a painter but also an architect, born in Florence in the late Middle Ages. He is generally considered the first in a line of great artists who contributed to the Italian Renaissance.

Giotto's contemporary Giovanni Villani wrote that Giotto was "the most sovereign master of painting in his time, who drew all his figures and their postures according to nature. And he was given a salary by the Comune of Florence in virtue of his talent and excellence."

His masterpiece is the decoration of the Cappella degli Scrovegni in Padua, Italy (completed around 1305). This fresco cycle depicts the life of the Virgin and the life of Christ.     Read More
Posted in: History, Important People