Welcome "Primavera"!!!

Primavera di Botticelli - Birth of Venus by Botticelli

… “arbitrium tu, dea, floris habe.”
Saepe ego digestos volui numerare colores,
nec potui: numero copia maior erat.

   Ovidio, Fasti, V, 210 sgg  .

.. "Goddess, take charge of the flowers,"
I often wanted to count the colors of the plants he'd
set out, but I couldn't: the profusion was beyond  counting.         

Today the northern hemisphere celebrates the first day of Spring!
... what better example than the Primavera or Birth of Venus by Botticelli, a key works in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence!


Are you planning a trip, or you have a strong passion or an interest in art...I organize private art group cafe' such as lectures at university and galleries, but also community education classes.


Questions? you can contact me HERE


A presto!!

Madonna and Child by Jacopo Sansovino

Madonna and Child by Sansovino © Copyright ANSA

For the art lovers this is a wonderful thing happened in Florence in the last few days! Medical technology has helped restore to life a terracotta Madonna and Child by Renaissance sculptor Jacopo Sansovino.
Florence art critics said they did not know exactly when the artwork had been broken and who was responsible for a series of restorations, which ruined it, altering the shape and colour of the piece. 


The work was presented to the media in Florence before its return to the Civic Museum of Vicenza.

Madonna and Child by Sansovino© Copyright ANSA

Jacopo d'Antonio Sansovino (1486-1570) was a sculptor and architect, and best known for his works around St Mark's square in Venice.

Florence: Palazzo Pitti

Palazzo Pitti is just over the other side of ponte Vecchio in Florence. On October 19th I spent an intensive day around galleries to see some of the wonderful exhibitions around the city!! 

My first stop with my dad was at Palazzo Pitti to see the exhibition of Caravaggio e i Caravaggeschi

That's before we enter the exhibition: I have got the tickets on my hands!!

That's what we see from the window of the palace...the Boboli garden...

...and a beautiful view of Florence

....and before we get down on the steps....

....towards the exit!!

More about Florence

Florence is a place to visit!! If you have limited time have a walk along the Ponte Vecchio and the beautiful center of the city!!

Ponte Vecchio in black and white by Simona Albanese

Florence in black and white by Simona Albanese

Bronzino in Florence

On October 19th I left Rome early in the morning to spend the day in Florence with my dad, where I have enjoyed Bronzino's exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi in the afternoon after visiting Caravaggio e i Caravaggeschi's exhibition at the Pitti Palace.

The artworks on display were appropriately chosen, the explanations were exhaustive....in Italian and in English....plus the building the exhibition was in I believe it has its own fashion. I would go back!!

A posting from Florence

Yesterday my dad and my mum have enjoyed the day with some friends in Florence, visiting the Boboli gardens and some other main city sites. These are some of the photos....

my dad