Tuscany - Finestre sull'Arte

The true story of the Giants of Peccioli

In the long fields of the Pisan province, among hills, crags and blue sky, we come across some installations that blend with the environment in a very striking and innovative way. And they certainly do not go unnoticed. We are talking about the Giant...
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The Luminara of San Ranieri in Pisa: origins and history of the festival of lights

Every year, on June 16, the palaces that line Pisa 's lungarni are lit up with tens of thousands of lights: this is the Luminara di San Ranieri, one of the most fascinating and long-lived events held in the city of the Leaning Tower, an annual event ...
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The debut of Sassetta, elegant painter of the 15th century. What the Massa Marittima exhibition looks like

It is the Maremma's turn to launch Stefano di Giovanni known as Sassetta, an elegant protagonist of early 15th-century Sienese painting, into the crowded arena of ancient art exhibitions. Never before had a monographic exhibition been devoted to this...
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Florence, Brancacci Chapel restoration finished

Restoration work on the frescoes of the Brancacci Chapel, a Renaissance masterpiece with frescoes by Masaccio, Masolino and Filippino Lippi inside Florence's Church of the Carmine, has been completed in Florence . The work was made possible thanks to...
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Giro d'Italia, Autostrade unveils key cycling stages in Tuscany

For the 13th consecutive year, Autostrade per l'Italia is an official sponsor of the Giro d'Italia to promote the beauty of our country. The project "W onders. Discover the Italy of Wonders" is Aspi's multichannel platform that accompanies the trave...
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How Pandolfo Petrucci's patronage changed the face of Siena in the Renaissance

A patron so splendid that he earned the appellation "Magnifico." Pandolfo Petrucci (Siena, 1452 - San Quirico d'Orcia, 1512) was one of the most powerful men in late 15th-century Siena , and his activities in the arts contributed substantially to sh...
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The role of graphics in the fortunes of Leonardo da Vinci's Battle of Anghiari

The great absentee in art history is the famous Battle of Anghiari commissioned from Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci, 1452 - Amboise, 1519) to decorate one of the walls of the Salone del Maggior Consiglio, now the Salone del Cinquecento, in the Palazzo Vecc...
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Masolino's Year at the Dawn of the Renaissance. What the Empoli exhibition looks like

Carlo Bertelli was convinced that Masolino da Panicale's voice had begun to take on an "already entirely personal" timbre in Empoli's works. The scholar had in mind especially Christ in Pity, the monumental fresco that a then already 40-year-old Tomm...
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