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Canadian-born with Italian origins, Brenda Dionisi holds a Master's Degree in Textual Competence in Publishing and the Media from the University of Siena for Foreigners and an Honours B.A. from the University of Toronto in Criminology and Italian Studies. Formerly managing editor at TF, she now freelances as journalist and editor for a range of English-language outlets. Follow her on Twitter @brendadionisi and see her on video at http://tinyurl.com/a2xhe3d.
The 500-year-old mystery may soon be solved. The results of recent testing on the eastern wall of the Salone de' Cinquecento seem to support the theory that Leonardo da Vinci's fabled painting, Battle of Anghiari, is indeed located in the exact place Dr. Maurizio Seracini had
A longtime resident in Florence, Giampiero Gallo has a very busy career as professor of economics, which has given him the opportunity to live and work in many different cities across Europe and the United States. Married, with two children, he has lived in Florence since coming here to study
Following prime minister Silvio Berlusconi‘s resignation on November 12, Italy swore in a technical government to better face the economic crisis gripping the eurozone and meet the anti-crisis criteria ...
The annual list of the world's most powerful people issued by U.S. business and financial magazine Forbes included Mario Draghi, Italy's most powerful man and the new head of the European Central Bank (ECB). Ranked 12, the former governor of the Bank of Italy, Draghi made
A freelance photographer based in Milan, Dave Yoder has an ambitious fund-raising goal for an equally ambitious project: raising over 250,000 U.S. dollars to build a super high-tech camera that ...
In anticipation of the return of the Calcio Storico, TF spoke to Simone Calonaci, historic calciante for the Bianchi from 2000 to 2006, about what it's like to play the game, its recent history and what makes the Calcio Storico Fiorentino one of the greatest games in the world. &
Many cities around the world have been designed or redesigned to include sufficient green areas to provide beauty, relaxation and recreation, increasing living standards for all residents, especially children. Florence, however, is not a city for nature lovers and green thumbs. The city and its narrow winding streets were made
Seven hundred years ago, the desire to unite the people residing on this peninsula was born from a revolutionary linguistic notion advanced by Florence's sommo poeta, Dante Alighieri. His vision was to break the language boundaries that separated those who wrote high literature and those who read it.
The end of the calendar year is always good moment for reflection on the accomplishments over the past 12 months. Florence's identity has changed little from the romantic ‘cradle of the Renaissance' image that the city and its leaders have perpetuated for decades, revelling in the glories
Today he is an independent writer and consultant on international affairs, based in London and Somerset, and writes regular columns for The Times in Britain and La Stampa in Italy. ...
Born in New York in 1951, Bill Viola is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading visual artists. Over the last 35 years, he has created video tapes, architectural ...
The image of the nearly 8,000 American students who come to Florence each year, enrolling in approximately 40 study abroad programs, has become increasingly tarnished over the last few years through incidents that involve excessive drinking and rowdy behaviour in the historic centre. In chronicling the problem, the local
On March 28 and 29, some 3.5 million Tuscans will go to the polls to elect Tuscany's next regional president. Nine political parties have candidates in these regional elections, giving their support to five presidential candidates. Tuscany is not the only region going to the polls this
Fashion designer, entrepreneur, talent scout, trendsetter, and among the world's first mass communication gurus: all these terms describe Fiorucci. The focus of the exhibit Elio Fiorucci: Fashion Jeans Inventor Histoire, at Studio Art Centers International (SACI) until February 12, Fiorucci is foremost a fashion visionary. ‘After introducing mini-
Trompe l'oeil: ‘Style of representation in which a painted object is intended to deceive the viewer into believing it is the object itself.' (Encyclopedia Britannica) Trompe l'oeil, also called illusionism, is a virtuoso optical technique that artists have practiced for centuries. Using a wide variety
One of the best things about Florence in August is its proximity to Tuscany's beaches, which offer a unique and varied combination of sandy beaches and shaded alpine woods, as well as venues for sport and fun in the sun and a roaring party scene that can easily rival
‘Impulse alone does not make a work of art.’ These are the words of one of Italy’s most internationally renowned twentieth-century artists. Despite receiving many accolades from the international art ...
‘Florence has a happy memory for me. It was 25 years ago when the most historic strike since WWII began in Britain. I made a documentary film about it [A ...
Where is the line between genius and madness? How does madness influence art? How has the relationship between art and madness changed throughout the centuries? These are the questions visitors are asked to consider at an exhibit in Siena's Santa Maria della Scala Museum: Genio e Follia: Il giorno
