VESPUCCI YEAR
Vespucci Year
Filippo Mazzei
The unsung 'American patriot' from Tuscany
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 …
Vespucci Year
A tavola!
From New World shores to Old World tables
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 …
Vespucci Year
'The frigid and the torrid intertwined'
Herbert Percy Horne and Florence
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) …
Vespucci Year
American gardens in Florence
Exploring La Pietra, I Tatti, Le Balze
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 …
Vespucci Year
A New World perspective,
Spotlight on Native Americans at Palazzo Pitti
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 …
Vespucci Year
Discovering Browning, Lee and De Fauveau
A literary itinerary in Florence?
by Jane Fortune
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’s culture editor, Jane Fortune, shares her ‘gems,’ treasures that spotlight the importance of international artists …
Vespucci Year
Simonetta Vespucci
A model of Renaissance female beauty
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?
In the middle of the sixteenth century in Florence, a
group of scholars, philosophers and artists-actors in …
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Alla Prima
An exclusive preview for readers of The Florentine
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 …
Vespucci Year
Americans in Florence
Italy is mostly an emotion
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. …
Vespucci Year
Amerigo Vespucci ,
Phenomenon or phoney?
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.
In seeking …
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