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ArtSmart Roundtable: Reflections of the Renaissance in the Uffizi

ArtSmart Roundtable: Reflections of the Renaissance in the Uffizi

This post is part of the first ArtSmart Blogging Roundtable, “Paintings in a Museum.” You can visit the posts of the other bloggers, listed at the bottom of this page, and connect with us on the Art Travel Bloggers page on Facebook. The Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy is the home of the world’s greatest [...]

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The Brancacci Chapel: The Early Renaissance in Florence, Italy

The Brancacci Chapel: The Early Renaissance in Florence, Italy

I believe that the average traveler would be more likely to appreciate the often heavy, mostly religious art in Florence, Italy with a bit of context and background information. I hope that through this little art history lesson, travelers to Florence may have some tools to understand the  rest of this city’s Renaissance treasures. Florence [...]

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Great Art Series: Santa Maria Novella

Great Art Series: Santa Maria Novella

This is the first post in my Great Art Series– posts about art (of all types!) that has made an impression on me, or other art news from around the world.  It’s fitting that the first post is from Florence, which is possibly my favorite place in the world.  It was the first place I fell [...]

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