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<title><![CDATA[Filippo Mazzei]]></title>
<link>http://www.theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=8114</link>
<description><![CDATA[Across the Atlantic, Filippo
Mazzei should rightly be considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United
States of America, together with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and
Benjamin Franklin. But he is hardly a household name. Filippo Mazzei
(1730-1816) met Franklin in London, where he &#8230;<br><br><em>Issue no. 173/2012</em>]]></description>
<author>Margreta Moss</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A tavola!]]></title>
<link>http://www.theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=8030</link>
<description><![CDATA[It
is said that since the time of the Etruscans in the 8th century BCE, the bistecca
fiorentina has been served blood-red rare with olive oil and copious
amounts of black pepper. And, if Marco Polo's mid-thirteenth-century travel
tales are to be believed, 4,500 kilos &#8230;<br><br><em>Issue no. 171/2012</em>]]></description>
<author>Laura C. Johnson</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['The frigid and the torrid intertwined']]></title>
<link>http://www.theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=7959</link>
<description><![CDATA[There
are plenty of Italophile Englishmen to study, but, if you find yourself
passionately craving information about the Arts and Crafts movement,
historic-house museums or early twentieth-century men's moustaches (all of
which are perfectly reasonable), you might very well turn to Herbert Percy Horne (1864-1916) &#8230;<br><br><em>Issue no. 169/2012</em>]]></description>
<author>Laura A. Macaluso</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[American gardens in Florence]]></title>
<link>http://www.theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=7877</link>
<description><![CDATA[At the end of the nineteenth century, the hills around
Florence were filled with abandoned villas whose aristocratic owners had gone
bankrupt, lost interest, or moved on to Rome when it became the capital of the
newly unified Italy. In his 1909 book, Italian &#8230;<br><br><em>Issue no. 167/2012</em>]]></description>
<author>Katie  Campbell</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A New World perspective,]]></title>
<link>http://www.theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=7878</link>
<description><![CDATA[The celebrations of Vespucci Year continue with the
opening of the exhibit at Palazzo Pitti, New Frontier: History and Culture of
the Native Americans from the Collections of The Gilcrease Museum of Tulsa,
Oklahoma. Co-organizer Laura Johnson reflects on the title and gives TF &#8230;<br><br><em>Issue no. 167/2012</em>]]></description>
<author>Laura C. Johnson</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Discovering Browning, Lee and De Fauveau]]></title>
<link>http://www.theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=7795</link>
<description><![CDATA[Inspired by a Florentine itinerary linked to Palazzo Strozzi's city-wide cultural and artistic extravaganza, the exhibit, American's in Florence: Sargent and the American Impressionists, The Florentine&rsquo;s culture editor, Jane Fortune, shares her &lsquo;gems,&rsquo; treasures that spotlight the importance of international artists &#8230;<br><br><em>Issue no. 165/2012</em>]]></description>
<author>Jane Fortune</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Simonetta Vespucci]]></title>
<link>http://www.theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=7716</link>
<description><![CDATA[During 2012, The
Florentine and the city of Florence are celebrating the sesquicentennial of
Amerigo Vespucci's death. But what of the famed woman who also carried this
last name?
&nbsp;
In the middle of the sixteenth century in Florence, a
group of scholars, philosophers and artists-actors in &#8230;<br><br><em>Issue no. 163/2012</em>]]></description>
<author>Cristina Acidini</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alla Prima  ]]></title>
<link>http://www.theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=7645</link>
<description><![CDATA[On the occasion
of Palazzo Strozzi's exhibition Americans in Florence. Sargent and the American
Impressionists (see review in TF 159), Kevin Huizenga, a leading American comic
artist and graphic novelist, has created a graphic novel, Alla
Prima, based on the experience of the young American
painters &#8230;<br><br><em>Issue no. 161/2012</em>]]></description>
<author>James Bradburne</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Americans in Florence  ]]></title>
<link>http://www.theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=7568</link>
<description><![CDATA[About the exhibit Americans in Florence: Sargent and the American
Impressionists, private donor Maria Manetti Farrow writes, ?My life has been
shaped by two countries and two cultures. My world is not split by this fact
but has been deeply enriched on every level. &#8230;<br><br><em>Issue no. 159/2012</em>]]></description>
<author>Alexandra Korey</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Amerigo Vespucci  ,]]></title>
<link>http://www.theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=7481</link>
<description><![CDATA[For all of 2012,
which has been declared Vespucci Year in Florence, events, exhibitions and
conferences will commemorate the Florentine explorer. With this debut article,
TF will be publishing a monthly column focused on Vespucci and U.S.-Italy
relations for the rest of the year.
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&nbsp;
In seeking &#8230;<br><br><em>Issue no. 157/2012</em>]]></description>
<author>Deirdre Pirro</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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