One can only imagine the sense of astonishment that, on that November 15, 1553, the people of Arezzo felt when news spread of the discovery of the splendid Etruscan bronze we know today as the Chimera of Arezzo. And even greater must have been the wo...
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A new textile façade has been created to protect the mullioned window of the Bacci Chapel in the Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo, an innovative intervention promoted by the National Museums Tuscany Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Culture...
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For many, Arezzo is simply an art city. Actually, that would be a reductive definition. For it, and for the many towns that dot its territory-Cortona, Poppi, Bibbiena, Anghiari, Sansepolcro and others. This territory is actually a point between cultu...
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Arezzo is preparing to pay further homage to its most illustrious citizen, Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, 1511 - Florence, 1574), on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of his death in 1574. The Tuscan city, known for its historical and cultural heritage,...
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In a letter dated May 10, 1548, Annibal Caro expresses to Giorgio Vasari his desire to take possession of one of his works, suggesting that it would be better if the work were done with some haste: not so much because Annibal Caro was in a hurry (and...
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The year 2024 marks the 450th anniversary of the death of Giorgio Vasari, a multifaceted artist, architect and Renaissance art historian. The city of Arezzo, his native land, is hosting a major commemorative event entitled Vasari. The Theater of Virt...
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From Sept. 21, 2024 to Feb. 2, 2025, the National Museum of Medieval and Modern Art in Arezzo is dedicating an exhibition to a masterpiece by Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, 1511 - Florence, 1574), "Alcuna cosa fuor dell'uso comune." Giorgio Vasari's The Ma...
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The home of Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, 1511 - Florence, 1574) gives an itinerary to delve into one of the greatest panel paintings of 16th-century Italy: The Marriage Feast of Esther and Ahasuerus of 1549. It is an itinerary that reconstructs the histor...
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